Microsoft Calls Emergency Summit: How One Glitch Grounded the Nation’s Air Travel
Microsoft will host a summit next month with cybersecurity companies to discuss potential Windows changes after the recent Crowdstrike outage caused thousands of computers to crash, disrupting air travel and more.
Hot Take:
Microsoft and cybersecurity companies are getting together for a crisis brunch. It’s like the Avengers assembling, but with more coffee and fewer spandex suits.
Key Points:
- Microsoft is hosting a cybersecurity summit next month.
- The summit aims to discuss changes to Windows following a Crowdstrike outage.
- The July outage was caused by a faulty software update from Crowdstrike.
- Thousands of Windows computers crashed due to the update, disrupting various services.
- Topics likely include improving software interoperability and preventing future outages.
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