💻🔒 Decoding the 2024 CrowdStrike Incident: Unprecedented Global Outage

Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike_incident On July 19, 2024, a critical error unfolded when CrowdStrike released a faulty update for its Falcon Sensor security software, triggering a cascading effect on Microsoft Windows systems worldwide. Over 8.5 million devices crashed, marking it as a colossal IT outage of historic proportions. The disruption rippled across various sectors, impacting industries, governments, and crucial services, culminating in an estimated financial loss of at least US$10 billion. Video credits : pixabay.com/videos/id-27669/ pixabay.com/videos/id-14900/ pixabay.com/videos/id-47802/ === Extract from the Wikipedia article === (Licensed under CC-BY-SA - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creati… ) On 19 July 2024, American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor security software that caused widespread problems with Microsoft Windows computers running the software. As a result, roughly 8.5 million systems crashed and were unable to properly restart in what has been called the largest outage in the history of information technology and "historic in scale". The outage disrupted daily life, businesses, and governments around the world. Many industries were affected—airlines, airports, banks, hotels, hospitals, manufacturing, stock markets, broadcasting, gas stations, retail stores, and more—as were governmental services, such as emergency services and websites. The worldwide financial damage has been estimated to be at least US$10 billion. Within hours, the error was discovered and a fix was released, but because many affected computers had to be fixed manually, outages continued to linger on many services. == Background == CrowdStrike …