🦅 #36 CrowdStruck

Hey everyone —

We’re back again with our second episode of Techonomics Season 4!

This week, Arun and I have a solo episode where he and I analyze the recent CrowdStrike outage that affected 8 to 10 million devices and critical industries worldwide. We break down the preliminary post incident review, discuss the technical reasons behind the incident (including configuration update issues with the Falcon sensor's content interpreter), the lapses in testing procedures, and the broader economic impacts.

We also touch on the importance of robust software testing and deployment practices, particularly for companies that serve as foundational platforms in the tech ecosystem, and the likely repercussions for CrowdStrike's market position and future remediation steps.

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Cheers,

— Jake & Arun