2024-07-20 12:36:09
The rushed rollout of a blockbuster software update grounded planes, blacked out TV channels, paralyzed ATMs, blocked a container terminal and slowed hospital patient registrations. In a matter of hours on Friday, July 19, the world’s reliance on computer systems and their fragility were exposed.
Questions still remain as to why the software publisher Crowdstrike decided to install a new version of its code on its customers, apparently without taking the usual precautions. But, beyond the speculations regarding the existence of a security flaw that this specialist in protection once morest computer threats wanted to specifically correct, the episode illustrates the interdependence of the entire IT sector when it comes to ensuring the proper functioning of client organizations. Amazon with AWS, Microsoft with Azure and Google have a dominant place on the cloud market. And the market for software providers is also dominated by giants.
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