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Re:CrowdStrike accepting the PwnieAwards for "most epic fail... by yowzadave on Sunday August 11, 2024 @07:54PM (#41220099)
> the Pwnie Awards also go to people who get attacked, which is something that e.g. civil engineers certainly don't get blamed for

To be clear, this incident was not due to an attack—CrowdStrike just shot themselves in the foot with a bad update.

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Re:CrowdStrike accepting the PwnieAwards for "most epic fail... by edanm on Monday August 12, 2024 @02:45AM (#41221754)
True, but the reason CrowdStrike has code running in a manner that is capable of bringing down the system, and the reason they push out updates all the time, is because they are in general combating attackers.

If there were no attacks, you wouldn't need such defensive measures, meaning the likelihood of a mistake causing this kind of damage would be almost nothing.

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