Microsoft Outage explained: What is the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and how to fix it

On Friday, almost the whole world seemingly came to a halt, all due to a mistake made by one big tech company: CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike, a reputed cybersecurity company that protects companies and users from cyberattacks, pushed out a driver update to its clientele around the world using Windows servers. Suffice to say, the update was faulty, but no one might have expected it would lead to such dastardly impact. While CrowdStrike has assured there was no cyberattack, the repercussions surely echoed the aftermath of a successful big-ticket hack.