I can think of a lot better things to put in a kernel-level driver installed on every critical computer ever than a bunch of 0s.
technically the 0s were a data file read by the driver, not the driver itself
Like what? Kernels and drivers are out of my wheelhouse, I'm just curious.
You're assuming it wasn't an attack.
Just the same week Kaspersky gets kicked from the us market...
They are assuming that crowdstrike is telling them the truth, but yeah I keep thinking about Kaspersky too. That's a whole other pile of assumptions though.