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Jul 2024

17m 19s

The Glitch That Crashed Millions of Comp...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET

About this episode

Last Friday, 8.5 million computers around the world stopped working. All kinds of businesses were impacted, from airlines to banks to hospitals. The cause was a routine update sent out by a software company called CrowdStrike. WSJ’s Robert McMillan explains how the meltdown happened and why Microsoft’s software was especially vulnerable.

Further Reading:

- Blue Screens Everywhere Are Latest Tech Woe for Microsoft

- CrowdStrike Made Its Name Fighting Technology Problems. Now It Has Caused One.

Further Listening:

- The Computer Glitch That Caused Nearly 1,000 Convictions

- Hacking the Hackers

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