The incident has sparked concern over the vulnerability of the world's interconnected technologies.
Businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems for hours on Thursday and Friday.
While some airline services are beginning to return to normal after thousands of flights were cancelled, operators expect some delays and cancellations to persist through the weekend.Health services in Britain, Israel and Germany also suffered problems, with some operations cancelled. But by Friday evening, the problems were easing in many parts of the globe, with many airports saying that while there were still issues with check-in and payment systems, most flights were now running. Hong Kong International Airport has resumed normal operations, according to Chinese state media.
Crowdstrike CEO George Kurtz said on X that a defect was found "in a single content update for Windows hosts". Questions are likely now to be raised about Crowdstrike's influence as one of the largest operators in the cyber-security market and the wisdom of having such a crucial part of the industry controlled by just a small number of companies.
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