It matters as in it makes it easy for this kind of issue to cause this much damage with little to no recourse for a fast correction.
Not that Linux or whatever are all immune, but it definitely matters.
Not that Linux or whatever are all immune, but it definitely matters.
And to be honest, I don't think recovering from this would be that much easier for non-technical folk on a fully encrypted Linux machine, not that it's particularly hard on Windows, it's just a lot of machines to do it on.
And, for specialised uses, such as airline or ER systems, a cut-down specialised kernel with a minimal userland would not require the kind of protection Crowdstrike provides.
I’m sure the NSA wasn’t affected by this.