CosmicTaco

8.5M Windows Devices Affected by CrowdStrike Outage, Says Microsoft

CosmicTaco · 2024-07-21T11:09:36.114673+05:30

- Around 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by a recent CrowdStrike outage, according to Microsoft VP David Weston. - This is the first official number released, revealing the global scale of the issue caused by a software update. - The outage affected critical sectors like banks, airlines, and rail networks, despite the relatively low percentage of affected devices. - Weston emphasized the broad economic and societal impacts, noting the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises running critical services. - Microsoft and CrowdStrike are collaborating on a scalable solution to accelerate recovery, involving AWS and Google Cloud. Source: Techcrunch

Around 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by a recent CrowdStrike outage, according to Microsoft VP David Weston.
This is the first official number released, revealing the global scale of the issue caused by a software update.
The outage affected critical sectors like banks, airlines, and rail networks, despite the relatively low percentage of affected devices.
Weston emphasized the broad economic and societal impacts, noting the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises running critical services.
Microsoft and CrowdStrike are collaborating on a scalable solution to accelerate recovery, involving AWS and Google Cloud.

Source: Techcrunch

9mo ago

Talking product sense with Ridhi

9 min AI interview5 questions

You're early. There are no comments yet.

Be the first to comment.

Discover more

Curated from across

News Discussion9mo

by CosmicTacoGrapevine

Global Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Software Update

On Friday morning, a massive outage affected airlines, TV broadcasters, banks, and other essential services worldwide, linked to CrowdStrike software.
The issue caused Windows machines to display the Blue Screen of Death, with syste...

News Discussion9mo

by CosmicTacoGrapevine

Global IT Outage Could Take Weeks to Resolve, Experts Warn

Many businesses face days or weeks to recover from Friday's massive computing outage caused by a faulty software update from CrowdStrike.
The update to CrowdStrike's Falcon software led to widespread disruption, affecting Windows PCs...

News Discussion9mo

by CosmicTacoGrapevine

Global IT Outage Disrupts Multiple Sectors

A massive IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike security update has disrupted companies worldwide, affecting airlines, financial services, and media groups.
Thousands of flights were canceled, hospital operations postponed, and some TV ...