[Discuss] Crowdstrike

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

> I keep a tickler, a calendar of items to look at at various future
> dates.  For 2026.07.22, I have some excerpted messages from this list
> about this date two years ago, when Crowdstrike distributed a defective
> update.  The short version is in
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdStrike, "On July 19, 2024, it issued
> a faulty update to its security software that caused global computer
> outages that disrupted air travel, banking, broadcasting, and other
> services, particularly at Delta Air Lines."  The long version is in
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_outages.
> It wone the 2024 Pwnie Award for "most epic fail".
>
> In the Discuss messages, people predicted that Crowdstrike would go under
> because of this, "Their stock will bleed and they will, at a minimum,
> need to change their name."
>
> But Crowdstrike is still in businesses under that name.  Its latest
> reported market cap is $182G.  I wouldn't be surprised if there's a
> Harvard Business School case study on their "crisis management" of the
> situation.

I don't know, even after the fiasco, Google installed it on all the work
force.