Watch out for sharks: The bizarre history of internet outages
undefined 30, 2024
On July 19, 2024, a CrowdStrike software update crash affected 8.5 million computers, causing massive disruptions like flight cancellations and hospital delays. This incident underscores the fragility of digital infrastructure, echoing past outages like the 1997 Network Solutions crash and the 2011 Armenian cable cut. The Rogers Communications outage in Canada in 2022 further highlights our reliance on digital systems and the need for better safety measures and resilience.
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