The cause of the incident was a conflict between Falcon, a cloud-based security software that was developed and distributed by Huawei, and Windows.
According to the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea,
It is believed that 10 Korean companies have been affected, mainly low-cost carriers and game companies. However, as it has not been possible to contact CrowdStrike's Korean branch, it is difficult to grasp the exact scale of the damage.
It has become difficult to operate the internet. The industry predicts that the number of businesses affected is even higher. In response to this situation, the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) issued a "Security Notice"
As an emergency measure to mitigate this issue, the company provides instructions on how to start Windows in Safe Mode and delete the problematic files.
"This incident has a global impact," said Kim Fi-gan, a professor of information protection at Korea University Graduate School.
"A disaster occurred because a company did not follow very basic rules. This should not lead to the avoidance of security solutions across the cloud," he said, expressing concern about the situation.
We are taking this into consideration.
2024/07/23 08:56 KST
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