Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media

Stephen Downes

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The short story is that a faulty security update brought down a wide range of services around the world, most notably those dependent on Microsoft products. The technology responsible, the CloudStrike Falcon platform, "converges security and IT to protect all key areas of risk." As many have noted, the widespread nature of the outage offers a good argument for decentralization.

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