Big Scam Risk After CrowdStrike Breaks Millions Of Computers

David Bull and James Ball discuss the recent software update at CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company. David questions the lack of proper checks and balances in an update which broke millions of computers, while James highlights reliance of many companies on a single provider for cybersecurity services and the potential for malicious attacks. They analyse the causes of the data breach and the need for increased cybersecurity measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.
James Ball warns people that they have to watch out for scams, and if people receive a 'call out of the blue' from Microsoft, "it's probably not Microsoft".
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said on Sunday that a significant number of the 8.5 million Microsoft devices that were impacted as a result of a global tech outage related to a software update were back online and operational.
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[@CjTriker]

There’s the proof that digital currency can be turned off if you don’t comply.

[@daledevernon56]

The cashless Society not looking so good anymore.

[@ghsense2626]

Africa will be the future too much development is bad

[@maccagrabme]

It never was looking good.

[@clovermark39]

It never did.

[@balloonfactory1]

When I was nursing in the 80s everything was on paper & our hospitals were fantastically run. Now you get an ambulance (if you're lucky) for your elderly relative, & you have to list all the pills they're on. And once in the hospital, you have to tell them again, and again, and again. Not a fan of IT, or smartphones, or speaking to machines, or any of this rubbish. It's making us less capable, not more.

[@gbentley8176]

When full digital loomed, those who warned that totally removing the paper trail backup are being vindicated. Anyone with half a brain knows that digital will always be vulnerable to total blackout, either through errors or criminal activity. The tech geeks of course will always claim the invincibility of their product. Cash is king now.

[@Gius3pp3K]

The issues you mention are nothing to do with technology, nor IT. If the NHS use poorly developed systems, or multiple systems that don’t communicate with each other, then you get these fragmented systems. Your IT systems are only as good as the developers who create them, and the investment made into producing fit for purpose systems.

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

"Balloon Factory" - I couldn't agree more!

[@WotsisFace]

And guess who owns crowdstrike.. YOU GUESSED IT! The WEF.

[@simianwarthog]

Vanguard is the largest investor. I dont know where you got this info.

[@maccagrabme]

At least they know it works!

[@davetdowell]

Crowdstrike turned out to be the best, most sucessful, malware company ever.

[@Mrmartins345]

Funny that cloudstrike is owned by the WEF.

[@deanpartington792]

Cloudstrike is owned by the World economic forum!

[@TerenceRutland]

Cash - Use or Lose It

[@tensionspan]

I guess that this level of incompetence could only be attributed to DEI hiring.

[@johnhall4851]

WEF Klaus Shwab told us this was his intention. Hes so clever how he can see into the future.

[@ukisa3rdworld586]

Grandchild of a n...asi. He's from the old brigade that wrecked havoc during II war

[@christalmeth613]

More laws will follow to control us, problem, reaction, solution!

[@akaXroads]

The name CROWD-STRIKE says it all!

[@maccagrabme]

Test run to check that it works as expected.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Watching on my Linux system.

[@jaxel45]

‘Recall that CrowdStrike Lied About DNC Server "Hack" in 2016’

[@The.Doctor.Venkman]

I do. They're a creation of the CIA

[@davetdowell]

Why did so many of the (so called) 'clever' people of the world make themselves dependent on a single source OS? None of us non MS OS users got screwed.

[@drd6416]

I run ubuntu and never had a blip. Gates and the wef are accountable. I dont buy this "we dont know" crap

[@karenbelanger8621]

you had to use the software to be affected by it..

[@davetdowell]

@@karenbelanger8621 If you think the world runs on Windows, you couldn't be more wrong.

[@JQ-999]

This is what happens when you outsource your IT infrastructure to hostile states like india.

[@davidbarlow350]

Or are partners of The WEF.

[@JQ-999]

@@davidbarlow350 or both. How many billions was that deal the conservative government under rishi made with Microsoft to provide services to public services? $15 billion or something last year. The UK and western world need to stop outsourcing to incompetent hostile states.

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

Can we trust the Media, or do we have to wait for Social media, to tell the truth

[@georgewarner5496]

Use a Chromebook, not a Windows computer. Chromebooks are not linked to Microsoft.

[@mrsmerily]

yeah because google is any better....

[@ruthcollins2841]

Carry cash!😊

[@Paul-li9hq]

They have a tool to fix it? How about dealing with the tool that caused it... and doing the decent thing, and properly compensating everyone affected..!

[@kingkong81icloud]

Intentional

[@petermach8635]

Maybe this was done on purpose, who are CrowdStrike and who are the shareholders ? Follow the money ............... cui bono.

[@JohnSmith-nc6ul]

The total reliance on IT and the internet is crazy!

[@CFCDanielS20]

Surely some of them would have system restores and turn off internet and then apply the new fixed update. Also who pushes out an update before testing it.

[@billstevenson596]

Extraordinary circumstances?? No compensation? Why not and against Cloudstrike not the AIRWAYS, normally flight cancellations by airways would payout compensation?? If you disagree then if airways use the same Extraordinary circumstances=No compensation

[@notjustforhackers4252]

By using this software you agree to the EULA...end user licence agreement. I'm sure they've covered themselves.

[@kate-yk8gv]

My son & family got to Greece

[@stequality]

What is crowdstrike ?

[@user-zb9gi4wn7v]

CrowdStrike😉

[@stequality]

@@user-zb9gi4wn7v you don't know either?

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

The biggest scammers are the software providers themselves! It seems to me that my laptop gets slower and slower every time there is a software update. I have never understood why they are so necessary!!

[@kevinbushby3931]

How did we ever manage before computers!,,,,

[@count69]

I worked in IT in a large organisation and they pushed a network update that refreshed the IP addresses on all the network machines. Unfortunately all the printers were assigned using fixed IP addresses so we lost every network printer. We had to go around and manually reassign the IP addresses on each printer directly. Additionally there were some headless Linux machines that did the same thing. It was a job just to find these little boxes and then we had to manually LAN in from a Laptop and reassign the IPs that way. Took us about 3 solid days to get everything working.

[@aladinT]

too much permission

[@kcu189]

Murphy's Law still applies.

[@akaXroads]

Duh! Of course it was going to happen!

[@grumpyoldsodinacellar3518]

I ran out of meds thursday night, my chemist has now said they have my prescription but they said ill have to wait until tuesday night as they've run out of medicines !!!

[@cheakyblinder]

..... automatic .... what else are they going to load up on machines that you are not aware of?

[@danielriddell441]

The name crowd strike is the clue. It did its job

[@trace567]

Anyone with a brain doesn't need it to go wrong to know that society has lost the ability to function without it. Thats the real problem. This was for most just a massive inconvenience and a headache for those working in field's that were affected. The problem is the internet is a vulnerable thing, be that bad humans, human error, rogue ai or the sun farting in our direction too violently. In a small number of years we have changed the way we run everything. Even electricity and gas meters are connected to the net. The telephone lines. Shop systems, you name it and today in one way or another it accesses the internet to function. In half my life ive seen the rise of the internet, and tech in general....im not even 50 yet. Thats how quickly we have turned ourselves into a globe run entirely by accessing the internet, thats worrying.

[@aladinT]

internet of things owns by china

[@Mr_G114]

Crowdstrike pushed back against the establishment, the establishment showed crowdstrike why they must comply.

[@karlburkes6399]

The Internet was not made for 'nerds to message each other' as James states, it was created by the US Defence Department as a reliable packet switching network for military use, being able to withstand the loss of sections of the network during a war time situation. The underlying network that is the foundation of the internet is incredibly robust. The stuff we have built on top of it less so maybe for sure. This incident was not an internet issue as such, but a failure of Windows computers that are today typically connected via the internet.

[@TheHidden-ny4rk]

Just in time for the holidays..

[@harrypalmer7169]

What does that button do?.

[@NeelsLotter]

Would love to have a coffee with the techie who deployed it

[@The.Doctor.Venkman]

The filth of corporatism...

[@joedodsworth4301]

Pull all ya money out the banks!!! And buy gold

[@aladinT]

so world its just stop- with no harm planing , imagine if its stops with planning harm!

[@cheakyblinder]

..... any FAT (or similar) testing of the change .... probably not.

[@user-ll1rr5ld2g]

Malware inserted

[@harrypalmer7169]

Anyone remember Die Hard 4?. That is starting to look like a documentary, after the fact.

[@casper18008]

they might have canceled the holiday planes but the geoengineering chemtrail planes are still flying as their controlled by the military

[@starlightsign8666]

The glitch effected the tech guys shower ….

[@KathrineAllanson]

Let's get back to basics and communicate face to face instead of conversing with damn bits. Its all a big lan to control the world opulation

[@cheds1]

Bull 🐂

[@Brainflood]

Mickey Mouse computer systems being used across corporates. They’re are not fit for home usage, let alone business!

[@KathrineAllanson]

Bots

[@majikalbushe]

Yes it's a warning. Don't create a system totally reliant on digital without a manual backup. A society built to survive without digital, everyone and everything can rely on it's stable physical base, physical money for example. We can then boost life with automation and digital systems for efficiency, without reliancy and risk of total shutdown in the event of something wrong or bad.

[@simianwarthog]

This was incompetence. There is a high probability that there will be more major f-ups.

[@aladinT]

who told they not test the code? they test the world very productively, what they see under this test, its remind me corona virus, whats it was?

[@simianwarthog]

How did the share price only drop 20%?