The cybersecurity bug that caused IT outages around the world on Friday dominates the front pages.
The Daily Express, external asks, “How on earth did a digital pandemic paralyse the world?”, while the Daily Mirror, external dubs it “the day the world stood still”.
The Daily Telegraph, external carries a warning from insurance comparison site MoneySupermarket that “hundreds” of travel policies are unlikely to provide cover for people whose trips were affected.
A cybersecurity professor at Surrey University, Alan Woodward, tells the Times, external CrowdStrike appears to have been a victim of its own success in attracting significant clients. He questions how rigorously the software was tested before it was launched – adding it was “unforgivable” that the faulty update had resulted in such significant problems.
The Financial Times, external quotes a security consultant, Troy Hunt, as saying that – by his estimation – this will be the largest IT outage in history. The paper also reports that some workers in China had an early start to the weekend, as bosses told them to go home…
