Microsoft outage: Nithin Kamath on how Zerodha managed to stay operational during 'Blue Screen of Death', ‘We used…’
‘blue screen of death’ error, Mac and Linux hosts functioned normally. Earlier, CrowdStrike CEO Kurtz, on X, had further reassured its customers, and stakeholders that Mac and Linux hosts had not been impacted.In a post on the social media platform X, Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath's sibling, Nithin wrote, “Almost the entire employee base, including non-technical folks, uses Linux laptops.
I use Zorin (Linux)."On Friday, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor update caused global outages, as several Windows users experienced the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, causing systems to restart. ‘Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart’ message flashed across millions of screens as banks such as J.P Morgan Chase & Co.,to the Reserve Bank of India, and services across health industries came to a halt.Nithin Kamath, further elaborated about how the Linux devices saved Zerodha from a potential cyber risk, which could eventually take the form of a financial risk.“Cyber risk is one of the biggest financial risks.
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