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Windows PCs crashing worldwide due to CrowdStrike issue (mashable.com)
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[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is it less expensive than ransomware though?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Yes

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

By a wide margin

[–] sudo42@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ransomware you have to pay $10,000 every few years. Crowdstrike you have to pay $1,000 per month. Same number of outages for both. /s

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Add some extra zeroes to that ransomware figure...