Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
- CrowdStrike blames a bug in an update for allowing bad data to reach millions, causing a global tech outage that disrupted flights, TV, banks, hospitals, and retailers.
- The issue came from an undetected error in the content configuration update for the Falcon platform, affecting Windows machines, according to the Texas company.
- A significant number of the 8.5 million affected computers are operational again as CrowdStrike investigates the incident and plans to share a detailed analysis.
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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it would…
Ticker: CrowdStrike blames bug for bad data push
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it will take to prevent the problem from recurring, including staggering the rollout of updates, giving customers more control over when a…
CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
NEW YORK (AP) — CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it will take to prevent the problem from recurring, including staggering the rollout of updates, giving customers more co…

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it would take to prevent the problem from recurring, including staggering the rollout of updates, giving customers more control over when …
CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike also outlines measures it would take to prevent problem from repeating, including staggering rollout of updates, giving customers more control over when and where they occur, and providing more details about updates that it plans
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