The global Microsoft outage has sparked a wave of hilarious memes on X. Check out the best ones here.
New Delhi, 19th July 2024
The worldwide Microsoft outage that occurred on Friday caused disruptions to a number of industries, including banking, grocery stores, and aviation. Social media users found enjoyment in memes during their downtime. The cybersecurity platform CrowdStrike, which offers security solutions for Microsoft Windows, may have failed, which could be the cause of the outage.
Not too long after a significant cyberattack affected numerous IT systems throughout the globe, Microsoft shot to the top of the X trends list. Memes naturally began to circulate as social media users “celebrated” the Friday outage. What was the outcome? Unexpected extended weekend.
Many social media users joked on X that Microsoft was in the spirit of the holidays and that there was now a “solid reason to log out early.” Global Microsoft Windows customers are currently experiencing the “Screen of Death” (BSOD) issue. Their systems are either abruptly shutting down or restarting without warning as a result of this problem.
Additionally, images of displays stuck on the recovery page with the phrase “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart” were circulated on social media. After gathering some error information, we’ll restart for you.
And with that, enjoy these further memes pertaining to the “Blue Screen of Death.”
Critical services were affected globally by the cyber outage, including in Germany, Australia, India, the UK, and the US.
The outage in Australia impacted media sites, banking, telecommunications, and airlines. Numerous locations of the United States experienced disruptions to emergency 911 services, and the outage also affected non-emergency call centers.
