# Breaking news - huge outage/interruption created by Crowdstrike problem (July 2024)

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**Created:** [July 19, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454 "2024-07-19T09:02:18Z")\
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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> IT so far has requested I come into the IT office in Virginia. I work at the company HQ in Massachusetts…

I have no idea what our IT plans to do about those who aren’t local (i.e.: within a 50 mile radius of HQ) but they’re encouraging those who are to visit one of the two depots around HQ on Monday.

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