Editorial: La Vanguardia

• A global computer outage is an impending threat to the planet due to the interconnected nature of the modern world.
• There was a collapse in various industries due to a failure in the functions and applications of Microsoft's Windows 365 system.
• The error that caused the Windows 365 computer failure was gradually fixed, but it impacted the global economy.
• The failure affected various critical industries and services, including flight cancellations and disruption of medical services.
• The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which provides services to Microsoft, evidenced the need for stricter controls over its own security systems.
• The incident highlighted global interdependence and vulnerability to technical failures and potential terrorist attacks.

Conclusion: It is essential to initiate an economic, political, social, and technological debate on the need for some kind of control or supervision over the global computer infrastructure that supports most activities.

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