A recent global tech outage was swiftly addressed by a collaborative effort between private sector and government agencies. The former head of McAfee, a prominent computer security company, revealed that the response to the threat was coordinated overnight.
The incident was initiated by an update for Microsoft Windows released by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company. This update was identified as the root cause of the outages, prompting a round-the-clock meeting involving the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency along with other private and government entities.
