I have flagged this because it is wrong, and there is no other way to kick it off the front page.
Finding a file full of zeroes on a broken computer does not mean it was shipped as all zeroes!
Finding a file full of zeroes on a broken computer does not mean it was shipped as all zeroes!
In testing, the dev may have worked from their primary to deploy the update to a series of secondary drives, then sequential performed a test boot from each secondary drive configured for each supported OS version. A shortcut/quick way to test that would've bypassed how their product updates in customer environments, also bypassing checks their software may have performed (in this case, overwriting their own file's contents).
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/tech-analysis-channel-file-...