SentinelOne’s Seven-Hour Snooze: When Software Flaws Take the Spotlight
A software flaw at SentinelOne caused a seven-hour outage, prompting chaos but no security breach. While critical services went offline, SentinelOne assured customers their endpoints remained safe. The culprit? A misguided control system trying to fix what wasn’t broken. Clearly, even tech needs a “Do Not Disturb” sign sometimes.
Hot Take:
Ah, SentinelOne, the tech world’s equivalent of a “this isn’t a bug, it’s a feature” moment. While you were busy proving that even the most sophisticated cybersecurity systems can trip over their own virtual shoelaces, at least our endpoints were safe. Kudos for keeping the cybervillains at bay while your cloud architecture played hide and seek with your network routes. Who knew infrastructure control systems could have such a wicked sense of humor?
Key Points:
- SentinelOne faced a seven-hour outage due to a software flaw, not a cyberattack.
- The incident was caused by an infrastructure control system error during a cloud transition.
- Critical network routes and DNS resolver rules were deleted, disrupting services globally.
- Despite the outage, customer endpoints remained protected from security threats.
- Data ingestion from third-party services and access to management consoles were impacted.