 Because part of the corpus of its training data includes a broad swath of the internet. And the name, Rufus? Rufus dates back to a corgi that an early Amazon employee had, and it was kind of an unofficial Amazon mascot. CBS News Brief. One of the biggest IT failures in history happened yesterday, paralyzing hospitals, banks, airlines, and more. The company to blame, CrowdStrike. CEO George Kurtz. We'll do the hot wash on how this happened and ensure it doesn't happen again.