Groundbreaking claims expected after Crowdstrike IT breakdown

The claims for damages following the recent global IT breakdown of Crowdstrike are expected to be groundbreaking, according to Matthias Stürmer, a professor of digitalisation at Bern University of Applied Sciences. However, Stürmer is not optimistic about the Swiss air navigation service provider, Skyguide, pursuing legal action. In an interview with Swiss newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, Stürmer expressed surprise that there were no major disruptions on July 19, noting that the time difference had mitigated the impact in Europe, as many people had not yet started work early in the morning. +Sign up to get the most important news from Switzerland directly in your inbox Explaining the cause of the breakdown, Stürmer clarified that it was not a typical software update but rather a faulty update of the detection patterns for cyber-attacks. He suggested that Crowdstrike may not have tested the update thoroughly, otherwise, the error would have been detected. Stürmer described this as a ...