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submitted 4 months ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

Doesn't CrowdStrike have more important things to do right now than try to take down a parody site?

That's what IT consultant David Senk wondered when CrowdStrike sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice targeting his parody site ClownStrike.

Senk created ClownStrike in the aftermath of the largest IT outage the world has ever seen—which CrowdStrike blamed on a buggy security update that shut down systems and incited prolonged chaos in airports, hospitals, and businesses worldwide....

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[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 64 points 4 months ago

They should have used their software to bring it down. We all know that will do it.

[-] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 months ago

...provided it runs on CrowdStrike-protected systems. I would expect the site's operator to make sure to avoid that if they can help it.

[-] djvinniev77@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

You sonofa.. Made me spill my drink...

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