Fortunately, fixing the problem turned out to be straightforward, though tedious, which will doubtless lead people to think of it as a hiccup rather than as a dry-run for something much worse.
This CrowdStrike mistake should trigger a reappraisal of our networked world, prompting considerations on the societal risks of industrial consolidation in the tech industry.
Most businesses run on Microsoft Windows, so corporate computing is basically a monoculture. This may be good for efficiency, standardisation, training, etc, but it is also bad for resilience if anything goes wrong.
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