Take Friday’s IT nightmare as a warning of what a cyberattack could do
Technology,Supply Chains,Global Economy,Global Markets,Globalization,Microsoft
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The global Microsoft computer outage initiated by a faulty CrowdStrike security update gave us a taste of what actual cyberwarfare could do.
Starting soon after midnight New York time, the glitched update brought the “blue screen of death” to PCs across the world.
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