farcaster@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWindows PCs crashing worldwide due to CrowdStrike issuemashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkWindows PCs crashing worldwide due to CrowdStrike issuemashable.comfarcaster@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square73fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareThannlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIs it less expensive than ransomware though?
minus-squaresudo42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoRansomware you have to pay $10,000 every few years. Crowdstrike you have to pay $1,000 per month. Same number of outages for both. /s
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAdd some extra zeroes to that ransomware figure…
Is it less expensive than ransomware though?
Yes
By a wide margin
Ransomware you have to pay $10,000 every few years. Crowdstrike you have to pay $1,000 per month. Same number of outages for both. /s
Add some extra zeroes to that ransomware figure…