Category: Enterprise
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US cyber agency CISA says malicious hackers are ‘taking advantage’ of CrowdStrike outage
CISA confirmed the CrowdStrike outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but urged caution as malicious hackers exploit the situation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. As much of the world slowly gets back online after an outage caused by cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike led to global travel and business gridlock,…
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Researcher finds flaw in a16z website that exposed some company data
Venture capital giant a16z fixed a security vulnerability in one of the firm’s websites after being warned by a security researcher. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. At the end of June, a security researcher found a vulnerability in a web app used by a16z, one of the most powerful…
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Paytm loss widens and revenue shrinks as it grapples with regulatory clampdown
Indian fintech Paytm’s struggles won’t seem to end. The company on Friday reported that its revenue declined by 36% and its loss more than doubled in the first quarter as it continues to grapple with a regulatory clampdown that has significantly curtailed business at its payments bank subsidiary. Once the poster child of India’s startup…
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What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos
Here’s everything you need to know so far about the global outages caused by CrowdStrike’s buggy software update. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. A faulty software update issued by security giant CrowdStrike has resulted in a massive overnight outage that’s affected Windows computers around the world, disrupting businesses, airports, train…
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CrowdStrike outage: How your plane, train and automobile travel may be affected
The CrowdStrike outage that hit early Friday morning and knocked out computers running Microsoft Windows has grounded flights globally. Major U.S. airlines including United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have halted flight operations around the world. According to FlightAware, which is tracking the cancellations live, 7% of United Airlines flights, 8% of American…
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From the Sphere to false cyberattack claims, misinformation runs rampant amid CrowdStrike outage
This serves as an example for how easy it is to spread inaccurate information online during a time of immense global confusion and panic. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. It seemed too good to be true. On Friday morning, as the East Coast woke up to one the most…
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Faulty CrowdStrike update causes major global IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally
Security giant CrowdStrike said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack, as businesses anticipate widespread disruption. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Businesses across the world are reporting IT outages, including Windows “blue screen of death” errors on their computers, in what has already become one of the most…
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TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI shrinks its flagship model
OpenAI is launching a mini version of its latest AI model. These small AI models are meant to be faster and more affordable than the full version — making them particularly useful for simple, high-volume tasks. That should appeal to smaller developers who don’t necessarily have a lot of money for AI costs but want…
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Fisker scores a win, an AV startup reboots in Texas, and why Elon pushed the Tesla robotaxi reveal
This week’s TechCrunch Mobility looks at Fisker scoring a win, an AV startup rebooting in Texas, why Elon is pushing the Tesla robotaxi reveal and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.…