Fake image of Las Vegas Sphere goes viral amid tech outage [Video]

A routine software update by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused what is being described as the “largest IT outage in history” on July 19. CrowdStrike said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows.

The outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air. CrowdStrike said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack. 

As the disruptions caused by the outage were being reported, an image went viral appearing to show the Las Vegas Sphere with a “blue screen of death” projected on the entertainment venue’s surface. The “blue screen of death” – a blue screen with white text – is what a Microsoft Windows user sees when the system crashes. 

“They got the vegas ball. It’s all over. We lost,” an X postwith the …