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2024-07-25 Cyber

Did DEI crash 8.5M computers? CrowdStrike probed for sidelining its white, male coders

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Surprise-o-meter?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-07-25 01:52|| 2024-07-25 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 As requested, Grom. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2024-07-25 02:09|| 2024-07-25 02:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Gracias, Bella Donna.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-07-25 02:11|| 2024-07-25 02:11|| Front Page Top

#4
Simple Business Logic.
If you want the best product, you hire the best to get it done.

DEI is a disaster in the making, unless skills sets are a mandatory part of the hiring process also.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-07-25 04:01|| 2024-07-25 04:01|| Front Page Top

#5 The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in 2023 was a textbook example.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-07-25 04:27|| 2024-07-25 04:27|| Front Page Top

#6 As recompense, CrowdStrike is giving affected partners a $10 UberEats card. Totally not making this up.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/

Posted by ed in texas 2024-07-25 09:48|| 2024-07-25 09:48|| Front Page Top

#7 So Bill Gates modifies the human genome using a pandemic vax, then tracker and influencer code is deployed via BSD reboot to 8.5 million Windows machines.

I just can't make this shit up.
It comes to me in my sleep.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-25 11:26|| 2024-07-25 11:26|| Front Page Top

#8 That outsourcing to Nork coders didn't work well?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-07-25 13:46|| 2024-07-25 13:46|| Front Page Top

#9 North Korea hackers trying to steal nuclear secrets- US, UK warn

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-25 23:55|| 2024-07-25 23:55|| Front Page Top

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