A software update from CrowdStrike caused significant disruptions to hospital operations worldwide, costing billions in damages. A study by UC San Diego researchers examined this incident and revealed that over 759 hospitals in the US experienced network disruptions, with more than 200 hospitals facing outages affecting patient services. The disruptions resulted in issues accessing health records and monitoring systems, raising concerns about the potential harm to patient health due to compromised healthcare services. This marks the first attempt to quantify the hospital impact of the CrowdStrike failure beyond financial losses.
The CrowdStrike software update caused outages in patient care services, affecting over 200 hospitals and leaving patients vulnerable due to inaccessible health records and monitoring systems.
A team of researchers from UC San Diego examined the impact of the CrowdStrike outage, finding that over 759 hospitals experienced some form of network disruption during the crisis.
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