I couldn’t spread my mom’s ashes because of CrowdStrike outage – I had to take drastic measures after they lost her urn [Video]

HAVOC ensued after cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its security software last week, impacting millions of businesses and individuals across the globe.

Despite CrowdStrike deploying a fix within hours, outages in several key industries continued for days, and with airlines canceling or delaying flights left and right, one woman went to extremes to honor her late mother’s dying wish.

Heather Francisco is from Enumclaw, a small town in King County, Washington.

After her mother passed away earlier this year, Francisco had planned on honoring her wishes by scattering her ashes in her mom’s home state, Mississippi.

First, Francisco flew from Washington to Florida, where she …