Were you affected by CrowdStrike’s blue screen of death? The flawed computer software update caused chaos worldwide, impacting airports, NHS services, TV broadcasts, online banking access, and even leading to unanswered 911 calls in the US. When hacking is the cause, there are clear legal ramifications. But what about faulty software? Are there any legal consequences? In the UK, Ofcom recently fined BT £17.5 million for a 10-hour network fault that affected 999 calls. Similarly, car manufacturers Volkswagen and BMW were fined €875 million for breaking EU antitrust rules. But the New York Times suggests there’s little incentive for software firms to prevent such incidents in the future. “The consequences for significant outages can be so minimal that companies are not motivated to make more fundamental changes” Instead, they can simply provide a software fix for the immediate issue and carry on. After all, we often sign contracts with software companies with exclusions for malfunctioning software updates. Yet potential lawsuits from business-to-business customers could prompt CrowdStrike and other major technology companies to reflect and improve their practices. In the meantime, incidents where buggy software brings down entire systems reveals how vulnerable our infrastructure is. Should software companies be more liable for issues like this? Let us know in the comments below. #CrowdStrike #Software #UKLaw
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The National Anti-Scam Centre is warning consumers and small businesses to be wary of unsolicited calls, emails or messages requesting they download a software patch or provide remote access to fix or protect their computer from the CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage. Consumers and businesses should: 🛑 STOP – don’t be rushed into downloading software or providing personal or financial information. ❓ CHECK – verify who you're talking to, call your IT support or financial institution on a number you’ve sourced independently. ⚠ PROTECT – act quickly, if you've provided access or information contact your bank immediately and report to Scamwatch to help protect others. Read more: https://bit.ly/3WfbO3s
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Here's the rise of Crowdstrike in Similarweb traffic stats, showing a 3X increase over the last 5 years. Infamous today for a buggy software update that caused widespread corporate outages, including at airlines and medical facilities, the company gained fame for investigations and remediation of major hacks. As a result of becoming a gold standard for protecting corporate systems, it became a critical piece of the global tech infrastructure, magnifying the impact of a software flaw.
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Many businesses across the globe are affected by an issue potentially related to Crowdstrike and Microsoft Operating Systems. Early indications are an update from Crowdstrike causes the problem, and a workaround is available, however many thousands of devices will need manual intervention to bring them back online! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/es8_GJ6j Proxar IT are available to discuss issues with affected businesses. Call us now: 02031966566
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One word…wow. A Microsoft worldwide outage is causing banks to not operate, flights to be grounded amongst other issues. This is a big deal. #cyberthreat #microsoft #globaloutage #itoperations #businesscontinuity
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Delta Air Lines to sue Microsoft and CrowdStrike? Oh it does make me chuckle. If Delta Air Lines wants to sue anyone, they should sue the CISO that persuaded them to spend probably tens of millions of dollars on CrowdStrike bloatware. Had they opted to use the Microsoft protection *built into the OS* they would have had no problems. They opted not to, and now they're suing Microsoft? Oh the irony.... Hopefully the EU now reverses their idiotic diktat that Microsoft provides these companies access to the Kernel. Time for Microsoft to do an Apple and block them. https://lnkd.in/gns8UV-2 #PlatformNative #Crowdstrike #Microsoft
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A crusty veteran of Ma Bell once told me that telecom achieved 100% reliability asymptomatically by, among other things, deep redundancy and TTTA— test, test, and test again. Our predilection to rush things into production harms industry and causes material collateral damage. Yet, curiously, some hail George Kurtz (CrowdStrike CEO) as a folk hero and excuse Microsoft every patch Tuesday. If Boeing is held responsible for a door blown off an aircraft, it is similarly unconscionable to have forced thousands of passengers stranded for days, shipping lines losing millions, and medical care disrupted because software companies and their votaries bypass sound procedures. “Too big to fail” comes with a moral hazard over which no tech company should be custodian. It is instructive to study J & J CEO James Burke’s classic response to the “Tylenol murders” in 1982 as the model for crisis management and candor. There was no social media behind which to hide. Finally, our idolatrous worship of CI-CD (continuous integration, continuous development) ought to be re-thought. Do we overlook the “secure” in an SSDLC (secure software development cycle) because of market or business pressure? TTTA—continuous testing—is time consuming and expensive, but people will fly and hospitals may tend to the ill. #reliability #availability #integrity #security #quality
From Opinion: The enduring lesson of the 2008 banking crisis was that failures in one corner of a market can cascade through the entire economy. The CrowdStrike outage makes clear that this problem isn’t unique to finance, writes Jonathan Welburn.
