Recovery could be long, arduous process [Video]

The company that caused a massive worldwide computer outage said a flawed update had been rolled back, but that doesn’t necessarily help the thousands of businesses affected by the glitch.Video above: How to protect yourself after global outageThe CrowdStrike software issue at the heart of the outage runs at such a deep level in affected computers and systems that getting them up and running just to be fixed will be, in many cases, an enormous challenge.That’s compounded by the fact that many of the servers that may contain information needed to get these systems working again are themselves caught in a cycle of crashing and rebooting.”I don’t think it’s too early to call it: this will be the largest IT outage in history,” said security expert Troy Hunt in a post on X.The CrowdStrike software at fault operates at a computer’s kernel level, a much deeper level than what more …