[Discuss] Crowdstrike

[Dale R. Worley]

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.

Dale