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Have we become too reliant on technology after CrowdStrike

Last Friday, the world experienced the largest IT outage in history, dwarfing previous incidents and even the feared Y2K bug. The culprit was a problematic security update from CrowdStrike that affected Microsoft Windows systems globally.

The repercussions were swift and far-reaching. From Sydney to London, the modern world's digital underpinnings crumbl…