Attorneys in firms large and small woke up Friday to notifications of potential computer delays and access issues due to an outage at CrowdStrike, a popular cybersecurity tool. The issue originated from a faulty update for computers running on Windows operating systems Thursday night.
The repercussions of the CrowdStrike outage have been felt globally, affecting diverse sectors including aviation, banking, and judiciary. Some local courts were even forced to close for the day, as reported here. Law firms experienced varying levels of impact; an Am Law 200 CEO from the West Coast stated that the firm’s servers were mostly restored, though some isolated outages persisted. Meanwhile, an executive from an Am Law 100 firm noted issues with delays in emails and document management systems.
“I’m hearing of more West Coast latencies than on the East Coast,” said one Am Law 100 executive. “It really depends where [the office] is regionally, whether they’re experiencing the same symptoms even within the same firm.” Read the full article on the American Lawyer.