This cybersecurity disaster made Google’s top 10 searches of 2024

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This cybersecurity disaster made Google’s top 10 searches of 2024
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Google Year in Search 2024 list included the calamitous CrowdStrike incident that led to the largest IT outage ever.

Google recently released its Year in Search 2024, with a wide range of different topics reaching the top 10. Among major events like the Olympics and the U.S. presidential election is one name you may have forgotten about, but will remember for the chaos it caused. I’m talking, of course, about CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm founded in 2011 in Austin, Texas — the same one that was responsible for the largest IT outage ever.

Recommended Videos CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized, saying in a post on X: “We understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption. We are working with all impacted customers to ensure that systems are back up and they can deliver the services their customers are counting on.”

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