# The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-microsoft-crowdstrike-outage-shows-the-danger-of-monopolization/
- Published: 2024-08-11T09:45:28-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Digital boards in New Delhi, India, display error messages due to the global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike on 19 July 2024. Photo credit: Anadolu / Getty Images. Article by Edward Ongweso Jr. The Guardian – July 20, 2024. As the world recovers from the largest IT outage in history, it shows the danger of one point of failure in IT infrastructure A global IT failure wreaked havoc on Friday, grounding flights and disrupting everything from hospitals to government agencies. Over all the chaos hung a question: how did a flawed update to Microsoft Windows software bring large swaths of society to a screeching halt? […] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio