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Why didn't Crowdstrike get sued or go bankrupt after starting BSOD day? (techcrunch.com)
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I would honestly think freezing airports, hospitals and other services for days would cause a lot of legal trouble.

At least that's what would happen if an experienced hacker did the same thing.

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[–] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I don’t feel one way or the other. Plenty of people instrumental to the company come from the natsec space though.

That’s not in and of itself damning though. Infosec people are often cops or soldiers of one kind or another because that’s where the jobs are.