Businesses and services around the world are still recovering from a massive IT outage last week after a cybersecurity firm issued a faulty software update which affected Microsoft Windows. They reckon it will be ‘some time’ before all systems are back up and running and that as many as 15 reboots could be needed before the problem is fixed!
The apparent vulnerability of the world’s interconnected technologies is alarming. Especially as it was a single software glitch that had such widespread impact. It is glaringly obvious to anyone with a modicum of intelligence that this would happen sooner or later. Imagine what would have ensued if it had been a major problem?
Healthcare providers, airports, banking and payment systems were affected. Boy, was I feeling smug that I had a wallet full of cash and could keep on shopping.
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