Flights at airports, transactions at banks have stopped, appointment systems at hospitals have crashed… The world woke up to one of the biggest problems of recent times today. The connection between all of these events and what happened in the movie Leave the World Behind, which was released last year, has found its place on the agenda of social media.
CROWSTRIKE’S MISTAKE PAINTED THE WORLD BLUE
The problem, which affects many countries including Turkey, is said to be caused by a faulty update made by cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike. The faulty update knocked computers and servers offline, causing the blue screen problem to appear all over the world.
FIRST IT WAS A MOVIE, NOW IT’S REALITY
This problem caused disruptions in many sectors such as transportation, banking and communication, just like what happened in Leave the World Behind!
In the movie Leave the World Behind, one of Netflix’s most-watched productions, for which former US President Barack Obama was an advisor, there was also a power outage; communication was zeroed out as the internet, television, radio and phones stopped working, and naturally no one could fully understand what was happening.
“DOESN’T IT LOOK EERINGLY SIMILAR?”
The similarity did not go unnoticed by social media users, with one user commenting, “The Microsoft outage is officially the movie Leave the World Behind becoming a reality.”
“Is there anyone who watched the movie Leave the World Behind and didn’t feel like the Microsoft outage was eerily similar?” another user asked.
Many comments also drew attention to the similarities between the film’s scenario and what is happening today.