Editorial: El País

• A failure in an antivirus update caused a shutdown in millions of computers globally.
• This incident exposed the vulnerability of the global technology infrastructure and the dependency on a few multinationals.
• The failure created chaos in businesses and public services, including flight delays and cancellations.
• The top 15 cybersecurity companies control 62% of the technologies, products, and services related to computer protection.
• The pandemic already tested the global chains of production and distribution, and this episode highlights the risk in the computer services.

Conclusion: There needs to be an organization that assesses and corrects system failures in the tech infrastructure, ensuring resilience to prevent such situations of vulnerability in the future.

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