Blue Screen of Death errors in Windows machines,

And the cascading ramifications of the inter-connected world

Such as grounded planes, impeded hospitals and banks, disrupted emergency services, …

Highlighted the fragility of the supposedly proclaimed robustness of digital infrastructure.

Though the cause led to a flawed security update issued by CrowdStrike,

And that was promptly addressed too,

The event does highlight the vulnerabilities

of our growing dependence of our lives

on interconnected global network of servers.

Though such catastrophic events are triggered

By the slip of IT giants,

They are too big to bear the consequences.

It will be us – the consumers, at their mercy

Bal Krishna, Editor

bal@mycoordinates.org