Article

2024-07-25 Cyber

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

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The cybersecurity firm behind the software update that crashed millions of computers globally has been hit with a complaint over sidelining its white, male employees under a diversity-hiring scheme.

A conservative legal action group alleges that CrowdStrike favors women and minorities for jobs and promotions in coding, programming and other areas through diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

America First Legal (AFL), the group that complained about CrowdStrike to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), did not blame DEI for the bug that crashed some 8.5 million computers globally.

But critics of DEI say it's problematic because jobs and promotions are awarded based on sex and skin color — not talent — leaving companies less efficient as their products and services suffer.

Elon Musk has suggested that DEI hiring at CrowdStrike led to the damaging outages, starting a debate on his platform X over whether it could have somehow resulted in the coding error.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11152 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

10:31 Frank G
10:29 Grom the Affective
10:27 Glenmore
10:26 Jack Fleling2104
10:23 Glenmore
10:13 Glenmore
10:11 Difar Dave
10:01 Old Patriot
10:00 NN2N1
09:58 EMS Artifact
09:55 EMS Artifact
09:48 Besoeker
09:43 magpie
09:35 Frank G
09:32 Mercutio
09:24 SteveS
09:09 Elmomoter Mussolini9149
09:03 Skidmark
08:53 Gleng Whaick2262
08:37 ed in texas
08:30 Besoeker
08:12 Procopius2k
08:10 Procopius2k
07:54 Grom the Affective