CrowdStrike won the award for “most epic failure of the year” due to a global technical failure

12 August 2024 1 minute Author: Newsman

CrowdStrike won the “Most Epic Fail” award for a global technical outage that affected millions of Windows devices.

On July 19, CrowdStrike software caused a global technical outage that affected 8.5 million Windows devices. The incident led to the company winning the Pwnie Awards for “Most Epic Fail”. The award recognizes both achievements and failures in the field of information security. CrowdStrike CEO Michael Sentonas personally accepted the award, stressing the importance of admitting mistakes.

CrowdStrike is a well-known cybersecurity company with software installed on millions of devices worldwide. The crash, which occurred on July 19, affected less than 1% of all Windows devices, but caused quite a stir in the industry.

The award served as a reminder for the company about the need for constant improvement and recognition of its mistakes. CrowdStrike promises that such incidents should not happen again.

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