# Crashes and Competition

Source: https://stratechery.com/2024/crashes-and-competition
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Crashes-and-Competition?index=0x669e82a1b1eec67b58bc28210a7863c8be2172bca45473f65b05d23c207822c8144da9a1
Submitted by macbudkowski.eth on 2024-07-22 UTC, 3 upvotes, 1 comment

## Summary

Kernel-level access, not the update alone, is the root cause of last week's CrowdStrike failure that crashed millions of Windows machines. CrowdStrike released a faulty sensor configuration update on July 19, 2024, and because its software runs in kernel space, the bug crashed entire computers, with Microsoft estimating 8 million affected. Apple and Linux were not impacted because both have locked third-party software out of kernel space. A Microsoft spokesman told the Wall Street Journal that the company cannot wall off Windows the same way, citing a 2009 understanding with the European Commission that gives security makers the same access Microsoft has.

## Comments

**tim**: This suggests to me that regulators will have to „patch“ their stance on the MS OS openness and so it is questionable to me whether the -30% Crowdstrike stock will bounce back

Great article