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CrowdStrike CEO Confirms Fix for Global IT Outage Caused by Windows Update

Jul 19, 2024, 10:05 AM

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has confirmed that the recent global IT outage, which caused major disruptions, was caused by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. The issue has been identified, isolated, and a fix has been deployed. Kurtz emphasized that this was not a security incident or cyberattack. CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by the defect, while noting that Mac and Linux hosts were not affected.