“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers affected by the flaw found in the single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not affected,” CEO George Kurtz said. X Statement.
“This is not a security incident or cyber attack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.”
He added that customers should refer to the support portal for the latest updates and work with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels.
“Our team is committed to ensuring the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers,” he added.
The confirmation comes amid widespread reports that many Microsoft users around the world are experiencing technical issues. An error screen called the “Blue Screen of Death”“
Airlines, banks, telecommunications companies, banks In many businesses to be influenced.
American AirlinesAir France-KLM, which describes itself as the world’s largest, said the technical issues were affecting “several airlines”, while its Dutch arm said it had been “forced to suspend the majority” of its operations.
Meanwhile, the Spanish airport authority AENA has issued a warning to travellers:Computer System IncidentsBritish airline Ryanair said the disruptions were caused by a third-party IT outage and advised passengers to arrive at airports at least three hours before their scheduled departure.
Outside the travel industry, banks and finance companies around the world have reported issues, with the London Stock Exchange reporting problems with its data and news platform.
German financial giant Allianz said it was “experiencing a major outage affecting employees’ ability to log in to their computers. The outage also affects several other companies in addition to Allianz, specifically Windows logins, and is caused by an incident with our provider CrowdStrike.”
A Visa spokesman said its ability to process payments did not appear to be affected, but that it was “aware of reports of some people being unable to make payments and is working with its financial institution customers to understand the impact to service to cardholders and merchants.”
NBCUniversal was also affected by the CrowdStrike outage.
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Omar Grossman, chief information officer at cybersecurity firm CyberArk, said the impact of the outage would be “enormous.”
“The issue is due to a software update to CrowdStrike’s EDR product, which runs with elevated privileges to protect endpoints. When this fails, as seen in this incident, it can cause the operating system to crash,” he said in an emailed statement.
Getting back online won’t be easy, Grossman said.
“We discovered that because the endpoints were crashing (blue screens), they could not be updated remotely and would have to be fixed manually on each endpoint. We expect this process to take several days,” he added.
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