The faulty software update that led to massive outages around the world was so destructive, some cybersecurity experts marveled at how it took down a greater number of machines than any malware creator could have ever dreamed of. The global disaster also sent IT teams around the world into crisis mode, since the mishap required a fix to be deployed on a machine-by-machine basis. A tedious recovery for a sudden crash.
What I've just described was, in fact, not anything recent -- but, rather...