Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected in global outage – Times of India

Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected in global outage – Times of India

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 on Saturday. “We estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devicesor less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the blog. CrowdStrike has helped develop…

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Global tech outage spotlights fragility of growing cyber era – Times of India

Global tech outage spotlights fragility of growing cyber era – Times of India

Airlines, hospitals, banks and scores of other businesses and services began slowly to recover on Friday from severe disruptions caused by a global technology outage. But issues continued to cascade throughout the day, affecting package delivery, hospitals, courthouses and various other sectors worldwide.The outage was attributed to a software update issued by CrowdStrikea cybersecurity firm…

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