A faulty software update causes havoc worldwide for airlines, hospitals and governments
Crowdstrike CEO starts panicking and choking on his words when the media asks him why a single content update could shut down the entire system.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, grounding flights, knocking media outlets offline, and disrupting hospitals, small businesses and government offices. The breadth of the outages highlighted the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a few providers for key computing services.
The trouble with the update issued by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected customers running Microsoft Windows. It was not the result of hacking or a cyberattack, according to CrowdStrike, which apologized and said a fix was on the way. -- More...
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