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What is CrowdStrike, the company linked to the global outage?

CrowdStrike, a Texas-based cybersecurity vendor, faced a major disruption due to a software update issue on Friday.
CrowdStrike specializes in “endpoint security,” using cloud technology for internet-connected device protection.
The update fault caused global IT system outages in various industries, including banking and airlines; however, the company stated it wasn’t a security incident or cyberattack.

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What is CrowdStrike, the platform at the centre of the global system outage?

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What is CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity giant behind the global IT outage?

The company is known for building software defences for the cloud computing age and exposing Russian and North Korean threats.

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CrowdStrike: cybersecurity giant behind global outage

WASHINGTON: CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind a massive global IT outage, is the leader in its sector, known for building software defenses for the cloud computing age and exposing Russian and North Korean threats. Based in Austin, Texas, the company was founded in 2011 by George Kurtz, Dmitri Alperovitch and Gregg Marston. Both Kurtz and Alperovitch had extensive backgrounds in cybersecurity, working at companies like McAfee. Two…

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What is CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company behind the global Microsoft outages?

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