CrowdStrike's damages - Harapan Daily

China Press headlined that on July 19, Microsoft’s Windows system suffered a major outage that disrupted services for numerous airlines, banks, and stock exchanges worldwide.

However, Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Terminal 1 (KLIA1) was unaffected, and its service systems continued to operate normally.

Nanyang Daily reported that the culprit behind the global computer system breakdown was identified as CrowdStrike, a leading American cybersecurity firm, which saw its market value evaporate by USD $9 billion dollar approximately (RM 42.2 billion) overnight.

Sin Chew Daily front-paged that Malaysia’s His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim has pledged to fulfil his duties with honesty, sincerity, and fairness, and to consider the welfare of the people in maintaining national well-being and sovereignty.

Kwong Wah Daily reported that Sultan Ibrahim advised Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s government to focus on alleviating the people’s cost of living and promoting national prosperity and development.

Guang Ming Daily reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stated that the Sultan Ibrahim is a pillar of strength for the nation and its people.

Anwar added that Sultan Ibrahim not only upholds Islam as the federal religion, strengthens the position of the Malay language, and defends the rights and privileges of Malays and indigenous peoples, but also ensures equality and justice for all citizens, reflecting the principles of constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

Editorial

Nanyang Daily said that in the past, due to deviations in education policies, Malaysia lost talent to other countries, and governance became lazy and inefficient, leading to numerous trivial disputes and stagnated social development.

Nanyang Daily hopes that by emphasising technological innovation education, restructuring interdisciplinary modular knowledge systems, optimising multi-level support and equitable compensation systems, and encouraging innovation.

We can build a reserve of outstanding talent and revitalise Malaysia, added the daily.