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CrowdStrike, Dark Wire, and the Paris Olympics
Smashing Security
Global IT Outage and Conspiracy Theories in Cybersecurity
This chapter discusses a global IT outage caused by a critical software problem from CrowdStrike, impacting millions of Windows systems worldwide. It touches on ransomware attacks in hospitals and airports, the challenges of fixing affected computers, and the competitive dynamics in the cybersecurity industry amidst the crisis. Additionally, it explores conspiracy theories surrounding cybersecurity companies, social media's role in spreading misinformation, and the FBI's operation involving an encrypted phone used by criminal organizations.
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