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Last week’s CrowdStrike outage was bad. The sun has something worse planned.

July 31, 2024 /

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It has been one week since the world got a preview of what happens when vital tech systems suddenly go down: grounded flights, postponed surgeries and disrupted 911 call centers worldwide.

But experts say the chaos that ensued from a botched CrowdStrike software update was just a fraction of what could happen as a result of natural disasters or cyberattacks. In one doomsday scenario raised in the wake of last week’s outage, a solar storm could wipe out internet access for weeks.

 

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