Cybersecurity expert breaks down massive Microsoft outage

CBS Investigator Megan Hickey talks to a cybersecurity expert about Friday's massive Microsoft outage.

Kyle Hanslovan, CEO and founder of Huntress Security Platform, explains how this happened, who could be affected, and what else we need to be on the lookout for.
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[CrabbyOldLady]

It's funny how every news outlet is calling in a Cybersecurity expert. Nobody is calling in a Change Management expert. It wasn't a cybersecurity problem, it was the most fundamental failure of Change Management.

[dougthomson]

This just proves how insanely vulnerable we are to computer technology.

[protekjv]

they release an update without testing

[ChrisLuton]

Why do people keep calling this a Microsoft outage? 🙄

[lynnjr]

I am not a fan of Microsoft at all, but how about we start off by fixing the headline. Should be "Cybersecurity expert breaks down massive CrowdStrike update failure that is Blue Screening Microsoft Operating Systems".

[mattmalyj]

New name of company should be called damn I.T😅😂

[projectcontractors]

Microsoft's legendary 'blue screen' of death strikes again.

[Bonjour-World]

The message seen just before the 'Blue Screen of Death':
"Please do not turn off your computer. Your system is being updated".

[joesterling]

You can get things wrong? To this degree only if you didn't do any meaningful testing *at all* beforehand. The update instantly bricked many systems. That would have become immediately obvious in a representative testing environment.

[amjads]

Honestly fedup of incompetent CISOs in Orgs failing and how security companies are monopolizing the IT market

[jonm]

It is amazing how every ‘expert’ tries to downplay this catastrophe ! Who is going to pay all these millions of people who suffered?

[CrabbyOldLady]

Dude, you don't have to say "Me too, I'm affected." The whole world already knows who's affected, because drum roll they're affected, and their systems have crashed. That's as public as it gets.

[dougthomson]

We have made our world so vulnerable that it is truly frightening … one small glitch and this results … and the malicious hackers are watching and salivating. Oh joy.

[rahulroy-ytwh]

Dear Kyle Hanslovan, you are no cyber security expert! You have not been able to explain how this happened

[huudang]

this is a good example when people try to use the AI Software to replace human!

[b_f]

No problem everyone, it's just an "issue".

[luweybeatz]

The discussion should be around how did this happen. How did they not test properly.

[Melissa-kvje]

Spot on regarding long term. I see it as an unintentional insider threat.

[djpatho]

Why’s the hosts audio worse than the guys being interviewed 😅😅😅😅

Amateur hour on all fronts. Welcome to the world of grown children just winging it and working it out 😂😂😂😂

We’re doomed

[soeminn]

Good job on explaining regarding threat actors