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On Friday, Crowdstrike's false update shocked the world. Due to this technical problem, services including air services, banks and stock exchanges have been affected in many countries of the world including India. Hundreds of flights had to be canceled across the world. Not only this, banks, hospitals, stock markets, TV channels, call centers also closed down. This problem is still being seen because the technical error has not been resolved.
How long will this take?
Civil aviation experts are also suspecting cyber terrorism. However, Microsoft is denying any such possibility. The best engineers from around the world are working with the Microsoft team to find a solution to this technical problem, but at the moment it seems that it will take more time to fully restore the services.
What did Satya Nadella say?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted that yesterday CrowdStrike released an update that began affecting IT systems globally. We are aware of the issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and the industry as a whole to provide technical guidance and support to customers to get their systems back online safely.
Work is ongoing to resolve the issue
This problem has arisen due to a technical glitch. Global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that it has identified the problem in its software and is working on fixing it. CrowdStrike actually provides antivirus software to Microsoft for its Windows devices. Microsoft said that CrowdStrike update caused many IT systems to crash globally.
What is Crowd Strike?
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity firm that helps companies keep their IT environments secure. Simply put, CrowdStrike helps protect any company that uses the Internet from hackers. Its main job is to protect companies from hackers, cyber attacks, ransomware, and data leaks. This is why the main clients of this company are major banks, universities, and government agencies around the world. The cyber world has changed a lot in recent times. The increasing attacks by hackers have increased the dependence of companies on companies like CrowdStrike.
According to the information, a technical problem related to an American cyber security firm named Crowdstrike caused a malfunction in laptops working on Microsoft across the world on Friday. Employees of companies and government agencies faced difficulties due to the global outage. When people restarted their laptops, error messages started appearing on the blue screen. Telecom provider companies and media websites have also been affected due to the outage.
Software update causes global outage
CrowdStrike has updated the software called CrowdStrike Falcon, which is believed to be the cause of the global outage. Australia's national security coordinator said on social media that the incident was caused by a technical problem with a third-party software platform.
What is CrowdStrike used for?
One of the major products of this company is CrowdStrike Falcon. According to the company, CrowdStrike Falcon provides users with information about cyber attacks in real time. Along with this, it provides highly accurate detection and automatic protection. Thousands of companies use this product. Microsoft's server crash on Friday is believed to have affected its services worldwide. Earlier this week, CrowdStrike released an update for its Falcon product.
Turn off Microsoft 365 apps and services
A flaw has been found in Microsoft's Microsoft 365 apps and services. Apart from this, there are reports of problems in Microsoft Azure as well. Microsoft has also clarified its stand in this matter. The company said that it is investigating the problem with Microsoft 365 apps and services.
