The Great IT Outage of 2024 is a wake-up call about digital public infrastructure

On July 19, the world experienced its largest global IT outage to date, affecting 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices. Thousands of flights were grounded. Surgeries were canceled. Users of certain online banks could not access their accounts. Even operators of 911 lines could not respond to emergencies.

The cause? One mere faulty section of code in a software update.

Full analysis on Atlantic Council GeoTech Cues.