Major cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike issued a faulty software update that slammed users of Microsoft's Windows operating system, leaving many with crashing computers and the 'blue screen of death.'
Microsoft warned the bug caused by the update could lead to computers 'getting stuck in a restarting state.' CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz acknowledged the issue and stated that a fix had been deployed.
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz apologized for the outage and mentioned that the fix was already in place, collaborating with impacted customers. Microsoft also attributed the outage to a 'third-party software provider.'
The incident affected computers globally, indicating one of the most significant IT outages ever. Prominent cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt compared it to Y2K concerns, stating, 'This is what we were all worried about with Y2K.'
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