Or, you could say it was the most epic fail of the year. That was the title of an award that CrowdStrike just received in light of the incident at the 2024 Pwnie Awards at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas. President Michael Sentonas accepted the award and acknowledged it was “definitely not [an award] to be proud of receiving.”
Which tech company just received an award for the ‘Most Epic Fail’?
Answer: CrowdStrike.
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A few weeks ago, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike issued a faulty update that bricked 8.5 million Windows devices all over the world. Airlines had to ground flights, hospitals canceled nonemergency operations, many bank services were inaccessible, 911 services were down and more. It was not good, to say the least.
Or, you could say it was the most epic fail of the year. That was the title of an award that CrowdStrike just received in light of the incident at the 2024 Pwnie Awards at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas. President Michael Sentonas accepted the award and acknowledged it was “definitely not [an award] to be proud of receiving.”
“[CrowdStrike] got this horribly wrong ... and it’s super important to own it when you do things horribly wrong,” Sentonas said. “Our goal is to protect people, and we got this wrong, and I want to make sure everybody understands these things can’t happen.”
Or, you could say it was the most epic fail of the year. That was the title of an award that CrowdStrike just received in light of the incident at the 2024 Pwnie Awards at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas. President Michael Sentonas accepted the award and acknowledged it was “definitely not [an award] to be proud of receiving.”
