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by vlugovsky 696 days ago
Crowdstrike is a perfect name for a company that could cause a worldwide outage.
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Makes me think of flystrike which is also a perfect analogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myiasis
Yeah, I've always thought it was a bad name. I see them during Formula 1 advertisements because they sponsor the Mercedes team.

They might as well have named themselves "cluster bomb" as they have done a huge amount of damage today and for the next few days.