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IT professionals say there's one way the CrowdStrike outage could have been avoided.
  • A massive IT outage linked to a CrowdStrike update has disrupted the global economy.
  • Major airlines, fast-food chains, and Microsoft Windows systems have faced significant issues.
  • Experts warn against auto-updating and encourage multiple cybersecurity measures.

A massive IT outage disrupted the global economy after CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity giant, issued a faulty update.