1. Terrorism
2. Hackers
3. Software updates!
More than eight-million computers have been impacted in the “largest IT outage in history”, according to the software giant Microsoft.
The firm said in a blog, on Saturday, that a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices.
Flights across the world were grounded, patients were unable to book appointments, rail passengers were delayed and football clubs were unable to sell tickets, while media companies saw their broadcasts severely disrupted.
Microsoft, in a report from Reuters, said: “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than 1 per cent of all Windows machines.”
One expert indicated it was the “largest IT outage in history”.
Posted by tedesco57 on 2024-07-20 13:14:00
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