August 26, 2024
Microsoft Corp. is planning a meeting next month with cybersecurity companies that operate at the core of its Windows systems to discuss ways in which they can keep last month’s worldwide computer crash from happening again. Cyber companies — including …
July 22, 2024
Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts said. A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to have triggered systems problems …
July 22, 2024
Elements of Friday’s global IT outage, which grounded planes and hit services from banking to healthcare, have occurred before and until more contingencies are built into networks, and organizations put better back-up plans in place, it will happen again. Friday’s …
July 19, 2024
Behind a massive IT failure that grounded flights, upended markets and disrupted corporations around the world is one cybersecurity company: CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Known as a dominant supplier of software that protects businesses from ransomware attacks, CrowdStrike was thrust into …