Picture this: a bustling airport, packed to the gills with travelers. Suddenly, the electronic departure boards flicker and go dark. It’s as if someone hit the off switch on the world’s largest transportation hub. Welcome to last week’s global tech nightmare, brought to you by none other than Microsoft and CrowdStrike.
In an unprecedented display of digital calamity, CrowdStrike’s latest update last week decided to stage an impromptu accidental rebellion. The result? A full-scale disruption that ricocheted across the globe, grinding airports, hospitals, banks, and media outlets to a halt. It was like a techno-dystopian episode of Black Mirror, minus the satire.
