Brian Greenberg :verified:<p>A year after CrowdStrike’s buggy update took down systems worldwide, we’re seeing just how deep it cut. At least 750 US hospitals saw network outages, with 200+ affecting direct patient care. That’s not a tech story, that’s a public health issue. 💀 ⚰️ 🏥 ⚕️ It wasn’t a targeted attack, but the downstream effects resembled one. Fetal monitors offline. Scans delayed. Record systems down. For stroke or trauma cases, that’s not a nuisance, that’s danger. The blast radius of this incident shows just how fragile hospital IT can be, even to a well-intentioned vendor misstep.</p><p>TL;DR<br>⚠️ 759 US hospitals disrupted<br>📉 202 patient care systems down<br>🧠 Study says outages likely undercounted<br>⏱️ Most recovered in <6 hours, but some >48</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/at-least-750-us-hospitals-faced-disruptions-during-last-years-crowdstrike-outage-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/at-least-750-u</span><span class="invisible">s-hospitals-faced-disruptions-during-last-years-crowdstrike-outage-study-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/healthcaresecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcaresecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cyberresilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberresilience</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crowdstrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crowdstrike</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>