The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making [Video]

When computer screens went blue worldwide on Friday, flights were grounded, hotel check-ins became impossible, and freight deliveries were brought to a stand-still. Businesses resorted to paper and pen. And initial suspicions landed on some sort of cyberterrorist attack. The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.

“In this case, it was a content update,” said Nick Hyatt, director of threat intelligence at security firm Blackpoint Cyber.

And because CrowdStrike has such a broad base of customers, it was the content update felt around the world.

“One mistake has had catastrophic results. This is a great example of how closely tied to IT our modern society is — from coffee shops to hospitals to airports, a mistake like this has massive ramifications,” Hyatt …