That horse has not just bolted, it's trampled all over kernel space
CrowdStrike, after suggesting canary testing as a way to ensure it avoids future blunders leading to global computer outages, has been sued in federal court by investors for not using a phased approach in rolling out updates to customers in the first place.
"This inadequate software testing created a substantial risk that an update to Falcon could cause major outages for a significant number of the company's customers," the Massachusetts-based association alleged."Such outages could pose, and in fact ultimately created, substantial reputational harm and legal risk to CrowdStrike.
"Since the CrowdStrike outage, publicly revealed evidence indicates that CrowdStrike was taking insufficient precautions regarding such updates," the lawsuit stated.
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