Splunk warning over Y2K-style bug set to hit all versions on 1st January 2020

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Splunk users urged to patch immediately

Splunk has disclosed a flaw in its platform that would cause timestamp recognition of dates with two-digit years to fail - starting on New Year's Day. The issue affects all unpatched Splunk inst...

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