due to IT-failure - Crowdstrike: 97 percent of the computers are back up
One week after global computer failures caused by an IT security specialist's error at Crowdstrike, 97 percent of the affected computers, according to the software company, have reportedly been restored. This means that approximately 250,000 computers may still be inoperable.
Crowdstrike has since discovered that the testing mechanisms in the software update on the previous Friday allowed a faulty file to pass through, which then caused Windows computers to crash. Microsoft, the Windows developer, estimated that approximately 8.5 million computers were affected.
The consequences were particularly noticeable in the aviation industry, but some supermarkets, hospitals, banks, and broadcasting stations also experienced issues.
Crowdstrike's test systems are now being improved, and updates will be rolled out gradually in the future to prevent problems from affecting all customers at once.
Kurtz on LinkedIn
George Kurtz, the CEO of CrowdStrike, has acknowledged the incident on his LinkedIn account, expressing his apologies for the disruption caused to users worldwide. The software issue affected a significant number of computers in the USA and internationally. To prevent such incidents in the future, the company is planning to enhance its quality assurance processes and test systems for Microsoft's Windows software.
