The global tech outage showed how we're just one mistake away from chaos

In case recent events didn’t leave you feeling anxious about the fragility of the global order, a cybersecurity company made a major mistake that showed how the internet could suddenly stop. With a single bug in a software update, the company triggered what was likely the biggest computer outage in history. While the flawed update has been rolled back, fixing the problem requires manual work by IT staff. The outage affected millions of devices and caused disruptions in various sectors. Experts note that there are broader systemic problems in cybersecurity that need to be addressed.