Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by not2b on Thursday August 01, 2024 @09:22PM
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I think it's going to shift. Airlines in particular are probably going to decide that they can't afford to take another hit like this, and come up with a way to limit the damage if a software update (even from Microsoft) is broken, and come up with a way to test updates before pushing them to all devices.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by alephnerd on Thursday August 01, 2024 @09:51PM
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> come up with a way to test updates before pushing them to all devices
This is SOP for plenty of purchasers already.
Some orgs just don't have the ability to build processes like that.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by VistaNumba1 on Friday August 02, 2024 @02:08AM
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Ah, got it. So instead they'll just keep doing what they were already doing for half their systems: Keeping them without updates for decades. Those terminals survived, afterall.
Re:CrowdStrike attempts takedown of parody site
by quantified on Thursday August 01, 2024 @09:24PM
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I think the leaders of Crowdstrike should be considered clearly seasoned veterans. George Kurtz was high up at McAfee. But maybe Cathleen Anderson is a little new to the chief of legal role.
If you spend enough time around VC's it becomes difficult to imagine how this doesn't happen more often. Many times companies grow too quickly for a clearly seasoned veteran of the market to get a chance to take the wheel. Combine this with "nobody ever got fired for purchasing IBM" and you get a perfect storm for taking out the IT infrastructure for an entire culture—all you need is a majoritarian marketshare and you can take out an entire people.