As the dust settles on the CrowdStrike incident, the cybersecurity industry is taking stock of the far-reaching implications.
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A software bug in CrowdStrike’s quality control system led to the update that crashed computers globally last week.
This weekend’s global IT outage highlights the interconnected and often fragile nature of modern IT infrastructure.
The global tech outage caused by CrowdStrike impacted nearly 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft said at the weekend.
Friday’s IT chaos, which disrupted businesses worldwide, has been linked to a piece of software called CrowdStrike Falcon.
South Africa’s Capitec Bank was a victim of the global outage caused by a rogue software update.
A global issue caused by a software update at CrowdStrike has been blamed as the cause of Capitec’s downtime.
Gremlins have hit Windows machines and online services worldwide, with Capitec reporting major problems.
Cloudflare said an advanced group of hackers tried to burrow deep into its global network late last year but was thwarted.
Transnet appears to have been targeted with a strain of ransomware that cybersecurity experts have linked to a series of high-profile data breaches likely carried out by crime gangs from Eastern Europe and Russia.