2024-07-19 19:20:00
When he took office this Friday morning, many companies expressed their inability to operate the company’s computer system. Screens showing “blue screen of death”, or “blue screen of death”, as computer scientists call it, would not have deserved their title. The departure is such that airlines, hospitals and even the London Stock Exchange have been affected. Whose fault is it?
All over the world, the outage caused by CrowdStrike software with Microsoft’s Windows operating system is bringing companies to a standstill. As Franceinfo explains, France has explained the situation on the suspicion of hacking, and that is not the case. Indeed, the government’s agency for monitoring, alerting and responding to computer attacks confirmed that “there is nothing to indicate that this event is connected to an attack”. Soon after, the boss of CrowdStrike confirmed the situation, saying that “this is not a security incident or a cyberattack”.
An unfortunate event that caused both companies to fall on the stock market. For Microsoft, the fall is around a 1% loss on the NASDAQ. But for CrowdStrike, the fall was steeper, approaching 12%.
The big bug is believed to have started from an update to one of the CrowdStrike software. Especially famous in the world of cybersecurity for his flagship actions, especially making it possible to fix the hacking of the Democratic Party by the Russian intelligence services or to break the hacker of Sony Pictures in 2014, who is none other than North Korea, the fall is even more scating. Then created in 2011 and listed on the stock market in 2019, the company is based in Austin (Texas) and is in full expansion. In April 2024, its quarterly financial results showed an increase in net income of…8620.98%.
Trying to reduce public panic as best as possible, CrowdStrike Director George Kurtz said, “Our team is fully integrated to ensure the safety and integrity of Crowdstrike’s customers.”
However, as of early Friday, the problems with the computer system had not been resolved. Transavia specifically said that an impact would also be noticed on its flights the following day. In France, the Minister of Transport is more optimistic. He announced on X that “Airlines and airports affected by the computer outage are gradually restoring their operations. »
In order to be as sure as possible, George Kurtz said on X that he will always inform everyone through his X account and LinkedIn, and on site of the company, the progress of the repair methods which will allow it to return to normal.
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