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CrowdStrike itself quickly issued a fix, but it was too late for the many machines already displaying the dreaded WindowsIt’s a fast-moving story and over the last few days, a lot has been going on. Here’s a timeline of what’s happened over the past week following the CrowdStrike issue, including recent updates announced by the cybersecurity firm.After the weekend had passed following Friday’s incident, people started demanding answers from CrowdStrike. One of the leading voices was U.S.
“While we appreciate CrowdStrike’s response and coordination with stakeholders, we cannot ignore the magnitude of this incident, which some have claimed is the largest IT outage in history,” they wrote.What do you do to compensate your customers for the biggest and arguably worst IT outage in history, caused by you? According to CrowdStrike, you send them a $10 Uber Eats voucher.
Many in the industry say the issue could have been avoided with more testing—and it looks like CrowdStrike will now need to test the testing software. At the same time, rolling out updates in stages could have stopped the botched one having such a wide-reaching and devastating impact.During the CrowdStrike issue last week, some users were taken in by an AI-altered picture of comedian Vincent Flibustier posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“CrowdStrike is committed to building on our mission to stop breaches, with a renewed focus on customer controls and resilience,” Kurtz wrote.
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