Zach Wichter,

Zach Wichter is a consumer travel reporter with expertise in aviation. He currently writes the weekly 'Cruising Altitude' column and has previously worked at The New York Times, The Points Guy, Dateline NBC, New York 1, and Bankrate.com. His reporting on the Boeing 737 Max story earned him a Loeb Award. Wichter studied journalism at Northwestern University.

Biography:  https://www.usatoday.com/staff/7620683001/zach-wichter/

99%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

100%

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Conflicts of Interest

100%

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Contradictions

75%

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  • The cause of the outage was a defect in an update for Microsoft Windows hosts. The issue was not related to a cyberattack.

Deceptions

100%

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Recent Articles

Microsoft and CrowdStrike's Faulty Software Update: The $1 Billion Global IT Outage Impacting Airlines, Small Businesses, Hospitals, and Finance

Microsoft and CrowdStrike's Faulty Software Update: The $1 Billion Global IT Outage Impacting Airlines, Small Businesses, Hospitals, and Finance

Broke On: Sunday, 21 July 2024 A global IT outage caused by a faulty software update from Microsoft and CrowdStrike resulted in over 1,000 cancelled flights, 2,300 delays, and significant disruptions across industries including small businesses, hospitals, and grocery chains. The fallout extended to finance with discussions around liability and compensation for damages estimated to top $1 billion. Companies are now left to consider investing more in cybersecurity measures or relying on backup systems.
Microsoft Windows Update Causes Global IT Outage, Resulting in Flight Cancellations and Delays: A Look at the Root Cause and Impact on Airlines

Microsoft Windows Update Causes Global IT Outage, Resulting in Flight Cancellations and Delays: A Look at the Root Cause and Impact on Airlines

Broke On: Friday, 19 July 2024 A defective Microsoft Windows update by CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage on July 19, 2024, resulting in over 980 flight cancellations and nearly 1,400 delays for major airlines like United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines. The issue stemmed from an error in Channel File 291 of Falcon sensor software used for communication in Windows systems. Despite the update's intended purpose to protect against malicious named pipes used in cyberattacks, it instead triggered a system crash on impacted systems running Falcon sensor for Windows version 7.11 and above.