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CrowdStrike Sued By Fliers After Massive Outage Disrupts Air Travel
CrowdStrike's legal troubles from last month's massive global computer outage deepened on Monday, as the cybersecurity company was sued by air travellers whose flights were delayed or cancelled.
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This Country Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Pay For Losses Due To IT Outage
Malaysia's digital minister, Gobind Singh Deo, has asked Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage, Reuters reported.
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CrowdStrike Says 'Bug In Content Validator" Caused Global Tech Outage
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company that caused a global computer outage last week, on Wednesday said that the breakdown stemmed from a flaw in its test software.
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Why Home Computers Were Not Affected By Global Microsoft Outage
Microsoft, the US-based tech giant, estimated that 8.5 million computers worldwide were affected due to the outage. The tech glitch happened on July 19 after Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity software company, rolled out its routine update.
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CrowdStrike Update That Caused Global IT Chaos Likely Skipped Quality Checks: Experts
Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed.
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Flights Resume After Massive Microsoft Outage Disrupts Operations
Planes were gradually taking off again Saturday after global airlines, banks and media were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program.
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CrowdStrike Bug Hit 8.5 Million Windows Devices, Says Microsoft
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 post on Saturday.
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Watch: Viral 12-Hour Timelapse Of US Air Traffic Gridlock During Microsoft Outage
The footage shows a detailed depiction of the air traffic operations of American Airlines, Delta, and United flights across the mainland USA.
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Microsoft Outage: From ATMs to Flights, Epic IT Crash Leaves Trail of Chaos
CrowdStrike's botched software update will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, after it crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems globally on Friday as for several hours, bankers, doctors, and emergency responders found themselves locked out of programs critical to keeping their operations afloat. Both Mic...
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Crowdstrike CEO Apologises for Global Tech Outage After Firm Deploys Fix for Issue
CrowdStrike on Friday announced that it has deployed a fix for an issue that caused a global tech outage impacting airlines, banking, healthcare sectors, while cybersecurity company's CEO apologised for the incident on Friday. Meanwhile, Microsoft also resolved the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services, as systems continue to...
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Meta Content Moderation Vendors Hit By Global Cyber Outage
Some external vendors that police content on Facebook owner Meta's platforms were affected by the global tech outage that crippled airports, banks and hospitals on Friday, a Meta spokesperson said in response to a Reuters query.
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Conspiracy Theories Take Off After Global IT Crash
From fearmongering about a looming "World War III" to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash.
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CrowdStrike CEO Says "Deeply Sorry" For Tech Outage: Report
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized for a global tech failure that disrupted multiple industries on Friday, vowing to work with all of its customers as they work to get their operations back online.
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Major Tech Outages In Recent Years
A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and services from banking to healthcare hit by system problems.
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Fliers Get Handwritten Boarding Passes After Microsoft Outage Hits Systems
With a global Microsoft outage hitting tech systems in airports across the world, air carriers in India are checking in passengers manually.
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CrowdStrike Sued By Fliers After Massive Outage Disrupts Air Travel
CrowdStrike's legal troubles from last month's massive global computer outage deepened on Monday, as the cybersecurity company was sued by air travellers whose flights were delayed or cancelled.
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This Country Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Pay For Losses Due To IT Outage
Malaysia's digital minister, Gobind Singh Deo, has asked Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week's global tech outage, Reuters reported.
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CrowdStrike Says 'Bug In Content Validator" Caused Global Tech Outage
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company that caused a global computer outage last week, on Wednesday said that the breakdown stemmed from a flaw in its test software.
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Why Home Computers Were Not Affected By Global Microsoft Outage
Microsoft, the US-based tech giant, estimated that 8.5 million computers worldwide were affected due to the outage. The tech glitch happened on July 19 after Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity software company, rolled out its routine update.
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CrowdStrike Update That Caused Global IT Chaos Likely Skipped Quality Checks: Experts
Security experts said CrowdStrike's routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients' computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed.
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Flights Resume After Massive Microsoft Outage Disrupts Operations
Planes were gradually taking off again Saturday after global airlines, banks and media were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program.
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CrowdStrike Bug Hit 8.5 Million Windows Devices, Says Microsoft
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 post on Saturday.
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Watch: Viral 12-Hour Timelapse Of US Air Traffic Gridlock During Microsoft Outage
The footage shows a detailed depiction of the air traffic operations of American Airlines, Delta, and United flights across the mainland USA.
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Microsoft Outage: From ATMs to Flights, Epic IT Crash Leaves Trail of Chaos
CrowdStrike's botched software update will go down as the most spectacular IT failure the world has ever seen, after it crashed countless Microsoft Windows computer systems globally on Friday as for several hours, bankers, doctors, and emergency responders found themselves locked out of programs critical to keeping their operations afloat. Both Mic...
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Crowdstrike CEO Apologises for Global Tech Outage After Firm Deploys Fix for Issue
CrowdStrike on Friday announced that it has deployed a fix for an issue that caused a global tech outage impacting airlines, banking, healthcare sectors, while cybersecurity company's CEO apologised for the incident on Friday. Meanwhile, Microsoft also resolved the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services, as systems continue to...
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Meta Content Moderation Vendors Hit By Global Cyber Outage
Some external vendors that police content on Facebook owner Meta's platforms were affected by the global tech outage that crippled airports, banks and hospitals on Friday, a Meta spokesperson said in response to a Reuters query.
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Conspiracy Theories Take Off After Global IT Crash
From fearmongering about a looming "World War III" to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash.
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CrowdStrike CEO Says "Deeply Sorry" For Tech Outage: Report
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized for a global tech failure that disrupted multiple industries on Friday, vowing to work with all of its customers as they work to get their operations back online.
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Major Tech Outages In Recent Years
A global tech outage was disrupting operations across multiple industries on Friday, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off air and services from banking to healthcare hit by system problems.
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Fliers Get Handwritten Boarding Passes After Microsoft Outage Hits Systems
With a global Microsoft outage hitting tech systems in airports across the world, air carriers in India are checking in passengers manually.
