Failure in the operations of a technological giant, the reason for the worldwide breakdown is revealed

2024-07-19 15:24:19 / TRENDING ALFA PRESS

Failure in the operations of a technological giant, the reason for the worldwide

A failure in the operations of a technology giant affected the work of dozens of agencies on Friday, canceling flights, hampering television broadcasts, as well as work in hospitals and banks.

What happened?
CrowdStrike, an American cyber security company, is among the most popular companies in the world, which has more than 20,000 subscribers worldwide.

According to an alert sent by CrowdStrike to its customers, its widely used software "Falcon Sensor" is causing a problem in the Microsoft Windows system, in which the blue screen, otherwise known as "Blue Screen of Death" is appearing. ".

The company has said that the problem is isolated and that it is working on its solution.

Why did it happen?
"The damage to business processes at the global level is dramatic. The flaw was caused by a software update to Crowdstrike's EDR product," said Omer Grossman, chief information officer at identity security company CyberArk.

EDR, or Endpoint Detection and Response, is a cyber product that companies put on their customers' computers to protect them from hackers.

That software, which runs in the background on customers' devices, is used by cyber security companies to monitor any movement or attack attempts on customer networks.

“We have realized that due to the bug – Blue Screen of Death – the product cannot be updated remotely, and this issue needs to be fixed manually, one by one. This process is expected to take days", he added.

Who is affected?
Technology outages have affected operations around the world, airports in Europe, airlines in the United States, banks and media in Australia.

The governments of Australia, New Zealand and some American states are facing problems.

In Britain, Sky News television, one of the country's biggest media outlets, was off the air for several hours.

Why are so many businesses affected?
Because the software of large companies is spread all over the world, across millions of computers.

"The damage to businesses is dramatic," said Grossman./Rel/