Cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike has apologized for the update that caused a major Microsoft IT outage.
The CrowdStrike logo on a phone screen is displayed in front of an error message on a laptop in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 19, 2024.on Friday that grounded flights, sent TV stations off air, and disrupted online hospital systems has been linked to a third party—a cybersecurity technology firm named CrowdStrike.
The cause of this outage came from a faulty update from CrowdStrike, deployed to computers running Microsoft Windows. The issue was specifically linked to Falcon, one of the companies main products, which does not impact Mac or Linux operating systems.Show on Friday, CrowdStrike’s CEO delivered an apology to the public:
Kurtz was clear that this was not a cybersecurity issue nor an attack of any kind, but an issue coming from inside the company.
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