July rundown: Not just the IT blackout

The IT outage that left passengers stranded, self checkouts non-functional, and IT professionals worldwide with an enormous headache dominated the news in July. The cost for those affected and the companies involved – CrowdStrike and Microsoft – is still being counted.

In this episode of the ITPro Podcast, Jane is joined by ITPro’s news editor Ross Kelly to discuss what happened on 19 July, as well as news of Google’s attempt to buy cloud security outfit Wiz falling through and Japan finally winning its war against floppy disks.

Footnotes

• Global IT outage caused by faulty CrowdStrike update could take ‘days and weeks’ to resolve, experts warn
• Global IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO confirms update "defect" as the source of mass disruption
• Millions of devices bricked and $5.4 billion in losses: The cost of the CrowdStrike outage continues to mount
• It's been two weeks since CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage – what lessons should we learn?
• Why the Wiz acquisition makes perfect sense for Google
• Google will need to find a new cloud security champion as Wiz backs out of $23 billion acquisition
• How cyber attacks damage mental health
• CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor linked to Linux crashes, too • The Register