CrowdStrike says over 97% of Windows sensors back online
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Microsoft said on July 20 that about 8.5 million Windows devices had been affected in the outage.
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SAN FRANCISCO - More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike’s CEO George Kurtz said on July 25, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage.
The company’s Falcon platform sensor is a security agent installed on devices such as laptops and desktops that protects them from threats.
The outage happened because the advanced platform contained a fault that forced computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system to crash and show the so-called blue screen of death.
Microsoft said on July 20 that about 8.5 million Windows devices had been affected in the outage that had left flights grounded, forced broadcasters off air
“Our recovery efforts have been enhanced thanks to the development of automatic recovery techniques and by mobilizing all our resources to support our customers,” Mr Kurtz said in a post on LinkedIn. REUTERS
