On Friday the 19th of July, 2024 millions of CrowdStrike Falcon Agents the world over would lead to a Windows system crash on business machines throwing parts of the world into chaos. We look into exactly what caused it and how complacency and a lack of understanding amplified the effect of this wholly preventable incident.
With John Chidgey.
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.
With John Chidgey.
About Causality (TV):
Formal Report:
- Falcon Content Update Preliminary Post Incident Report
- Channel File 291 Incident Root Cause Analysis (PDF)
News Releases and Articles:
- CrowdStrike releases root cause analysis of the global Microsoft breakdown
- CrowdStrike Senior Executive Adam Meyers faces CyberSecurity Committee
- CrowdStrike exec apologises before US Congress for software glitch behind July global outage | Reuters
- 1 In 10 Orgs Dumping Their Security Vendors After CrowdStrike Outage
General Information:
- CrowdStrike
- 2024 CrowdStrike incident
- What is CrowdStrike?
- Falcon Content Update Remediation and Guidance Hub
- Antivirus XML Configuration File for CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor
- Named Pipes
- Pipes (Interprocess Communications)
- Wildcard character
Support Causality on Patreon
Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.
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