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CrowdStrike Update Causing Global IT Outage Likely Skipped Quality Checks: Experts

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Washington: Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients’ computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon sensor software was meant to make CrowdStrike clients’ systems more secure against hacking by updating

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Conspiracy Theories Take Off After Global IT Crash

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The proliferation of internet-breaking conspiracy theories on social media platforms. Washington: From fearmongering about a looming “World War III” to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash. Airlines, banks, TV channels and financial institutions were engulfed in

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