Cybersecurity expert Burton Kelso talks outage [Video]

NEEDS. IF THERE’S AN EMERGENCY. NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS ON THE GLOBAL TECH OUTAGE. WE HAVE THE BULLET POINTS YOU NEED TO KNOW A FAULTY SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS BEHIND IT. IT WAS PUSHED AT THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OVERNIGHT. WE KNOW KECHI SAW CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS, DMVS IN THE METRO EXPERIENCED ISSUES AND SOME HOSPITAL SERVICES WERE DOWN. SO WE ARE JOINED NOW BY TECH EXPERT BURTON KELSO. AND OUR FIRST QUESTION TO YOU, MR. BUSTO, HOW CAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN? HOW CAN WE PREVENT THIS GOING FORWARD? WELL, THE CULPRIT BEHIND THE WINDOWS OUTAGE IS AN ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE CALLED CROWDSTRIKE. AND CROWDSTRIKE PUSHED AN UPDATE OVERNIGHT, WHICH CAUSED WINDOWS TO APPEAR WITH THE NOTORIOUS BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. NOW, HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN IS THAT SOFTWARE ON COMPUTERS NEED TO BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THIS UPDATE WAS FAULTY AND IT CAUSED NETWORKS …