A global outage of Microsoft’s Windows operating system caused massive disruptions across airlines, financial firms, banks, media, infrastructure and other industries in July. Blame was widely placed on cybersecurity firm CloudStrike, as a software update from that company went wrong and apparently led to the outage. This past weekend, the company was recognized for its […]
The CrowdStrike outage caused approximately 8.5 million Windows computers to fail worldwide. Some of these computers ran critical infrastructure, such as emergency services, hospitals and airports. The outage was caused by a faulty driver update rolled out for CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity software. The update caused an estimated 8.5 million Windows machines to fall into boot loops […]
Just a few weeks after a Software update caused widespread IT chaos, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has taken an unusual approach to damage control. Instead of avoiding the spotlight, the company’s president, Michael Sentonasbravely accepted the award for the “Most Epic Fail” at the Pwnie Awards.Just to refresh your memory, on July 19, some of the […]
