THE IT firm behind the global Microsoft tech crash has addressed fears over a potential cyberattack amid the global chaos.
The IT firm behind the global Microsoft tech crash has addressed fears over a potential cyberattack amid the global chaosThe firm are reportedly used by Microsoft to handle various updates to their systems.
IT security firm CrowdStrike ran a recorded phone message on Friday - saying it was aware of reports of crashes on Microsoft's Windows operating system relating to its Falcon sensor. A CrowdStrike update on Friday is said to have caused a critical error in Microsoft operating systems, affecting millions worldwide.Toby Murray, associate professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne, Australia said: "If Falcon is suffering a malfunction then it could be causing a widespread outage for two reasons ."Falcon is a bit like anti-virus software: it is regularly updated with information about the latest online threats.
Schipol airport in Amsterdam - one of the busiest on the continent - say computer failure is impacting flights "to and from" the Netherlands.It comes as families are set to flock to sunny hotspots across Europe and the world with school's breaking up today.
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