He who controls the money controls the world and that he could be you,
Well I'll be damned… once again, it is proven Cash is King,
My wife is already asking for cash, it's been a long time since I remember her having to ask me,
Won' ... t the banks and government hate this, they're banging their heads against a wall cos it shows we are right,
To our customers still affected, please know we will not rest until we achieve full recovery,
We published a preliminary incident report (PIR) detailing how this happened and the measures we're taking to prevent such incidents in the future,
Uber flagged it as fraud because of high usage rates,
I am deeply sorry for the disruption this outage has caused and personally apologize to everyone impacted. While I can’t promise perfection, I can promise a response that is focused, effective, and with a sense of urgency.”
I want to share that over 97% of Windows sensors are back online as of July 25. This progress is thanks to the tireless efforts of our customers, partners, and the dedication of our team at CrowdStrike. However, we understand our work is not yet complete, and we remain committed to restoring every impacted system,
Our recovery efforts have been enhanced thanks to the development of automatic recovery techniques and by mobilizing all our resources to support our customers,
This issue is not the result of or related to a cyberattack,
Updates to Channel Files are a normal part of the sensor’s operation and occur several times a day in response to novel tactics, techniques, and procedures discovered by CrowdStrike,
Systems running Falcon sensor for Windows 7.11 and above that downloaded the updated configuration from 04:09 UTC to 05:27 UTC – were susceptible to a system crash,
In today’s interconnected digital world, where businesses rely heavily on seamless integration of various IT systems and networks, the potential for disruptions is a constant reality,
They should have had a test machine to emulate some of their clients’ old boxes and they would have seen the blue screen of death,
It highlights the chaos that can happen when organisations within those sectors suffer an incident, be that an IT problem or as the result of a malicious attack,
When it comes to cybersecurity, we talk about defence in depth – having a moat and then archers and a gate around the castle. We talk about having it set up where there is no single point of failure. But we are creating a situation where there is a single point of failure,
While CrowdStrike's positioning took a major hit in both public sentiment and financial standing, it managed to mostly avoid the more outwardly negative response that some of its clients received for mishandling the outage,
We should also think about the current approach to security, and the unification of technologies and vendors,
Crises are part of human life, and it's not an 'if' yet 'when,