The Simpsons Predicted Microsoft’s IT Outage? Social Media Theories Abound

As a Microsoft IT outage halted key infrastructure globally, various theories about the disruption surfaced on social media. Several users on X, formerly known as Twitter, claimed that The Simpsons had predicted the outage years ago.However, there is no proof to back up this theory. Social media users pointed to an episode of The Simpsons that allegedly depicted a similar outage affecting the entire United States. These tweets quickly went viral.

One user tweeted, “Trump on Fox & Friends, the screaming, the Crowdstrike Cloud Servers…. The Simpsons got it all right again.” Another added, “Of course!! The Simpsons predicted the human error in Crowdstrike that affected Windows computers worldwide.” A third person asked, “Did The Simpsons predict this?” Despite the widespread attention these tweets received, it is crucial to clarify that these claims are entirely false. The Simpsons have never made such predictions. 

This theory emerged a day after a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across various industries, grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline, and disrupting media outlets. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, was central to the situation. The company explained that the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows, clarifying that the issue was not a security incident or cyberattack.