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by blackoil 693 days ago
IIRC only 5% of Windows machines were affected. So, it is very probable that most people just saw the news but have no real impact on them. Some had minor and maybe memorable impact, like Indian airlines giving handwritten boarding passes.
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Crowdstrike took out less than 1% of the global Windows installation base.

But they took out a far larger fraction of installation base in regulated industries. The very industries who are tightly regulated because they are supposed to keep the wheels of the society turning.

Supply chain risks are everywhere, and in regulated industries they are highly concentrated.