The global computer blackout – RTS interview

Planes grounded, trains at a standstill, stock exchanges affected and problems in hospitals: a vast computer breakdown affected numerous services around the world on Friday 19th July.

The outage is believed to have been caused by a conflict between a CrowdStrike update and Windows, and has resulted in repeated “blue screens” at numerous companies: Zurich airport, the organizing committee for the Paris Olympics, the London Stock Exchange and many others.

ZENDATA was on the front line, helping companies in need.

Read our interview in the RTS 19h30 report (FR):


and our audio interview on the subject (FR):

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