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Windows PCs crashing worldwide due to CrowdStrike issue (mashable.com)

submitted 4 months ago by farcaster@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 4 months ago

It's software put on every machine so that the company can quickly isolate it if/when something bad happens (or it falls out of security compliance). To do this is requires a constant Internet connection, insanely high privileges on the machine and frequent updates to be appraised of risks.

That risk update went off the rails and into the next state.