How the world’s tech crashed all at once | CNN Business

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When computers and tech systems around the world went down Friday, snarling airports, closing Social Security offices and limiting jail operations, many people had one question: How on earth could this happen in 2024?

A software update from a single cybersecurity company, US-based CrowdStrike, was the root cause of the chaos, underlining the fragility of the global economy and its dependence on computer systems to which relatively few people give a passing thought.

“[M]ost people believe that when the end of the world comes, it will be AI taking over some kind of

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