# Breaking news - huge outage/interruption created by Crowdstrike problem (July 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454 "2024-07-19T09:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454/31 "2024-07-19T15:24:45Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > No snark intended or taken, but do you think this particular firm should just be forgiven, no-harm-done-old-chap, and given another chance? I feel like the (flawed) mechanism of capitalism ought to punish them good and hard; let the next security software startup try just a _tiny_ bit harder to get it right. The combination of big businesses who have lost money over this, coupled with lawyers, accountants and insurance companies, will no doubt do their best to make your point. It may not result in this particular company going bankrupt, but there will be financial and business repercussions. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-huge-outage-interruption-created-by-crowdstrike-problem-july-2024/1004454)._