A global technology outage attributed to a software update by the U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike sparked chaos around the world as flights were grounded and crucial systems experienced disruptions.
George Kurtz, CrowdStrike's CEO, clarified that the incident was not a cyberattack, but caused by a defect in a content update for Windows hosts, ensuring a fix was deployed.
The Financial Times highlighted CrowdStrike as a major 'endpoint' security software provider used by companies for various devices, emphasizing its impact on security monitoring.
Security consultant Troy Hunt described the event as potentially the largest IT outage in history, drawing parallels to concerns similar to the Y2K bug.
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