Microsoft Outage Highlights: CrowdStrike’s Update Impacted 8.5 Million Windows Devices, According to Microsoft
Microsoft says 8.5 million devices affected by CrowdStrike -related outage
A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday.
In Short
- A global tech outage affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices
- The IT outage was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike
- Air passengers worldwide faced delays and flight cancellations
- A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected 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,” it said in the blog.
Crowds strike has helped develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix, Microsoft said, adding that the tech giant had worked with both Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform to collaborate on the “most effective approaches.”Air passengers worldwide faced delays, flight cancellations and headaches checking in as airports and airlines were caught up in the IT outage that affected numerous industries ranging from banks to media companies.
