Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices were affected by outages linked to CrowdStrike
The blue screen of death error on a computer screen caused by a global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity services provider for U.S. technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey.
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ONE global technology incident It has to do with a software update from the cybersecurity company. Mob attack affecting nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a Blog on Saturday.
“We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” the blog said.
Microsoft said CrowdStrike helped develop a scalable solution that helps Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure speed up bug fixes, adding that the tech giant has partnered with both Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform to find “best practices.”
Airline passengers worldwide faced with flight delays and cancellations and headaches at airports and airlines affected by IT outages, affecting many industries, from banks to media companies.
