Brooke Sample, Columnist

A Global Tech Outage Demands Action, Not Acceptance

CrowdStrike’s IT failure is merely the latest in an increasingly common occurrence — and companies have the power to stop them.

July 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM UTC

By Brooke Sample

Brooke Sample is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion and member of the editorial board. She was previously an editor at Metal Bulletin, Bauer Media Group and the Virginian-Pilot.

That’s gotta hurt.
Photographer: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images

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