Major airlines, broadcasters, hospitals and government agencies face disruptions worldwide on Friday as a technology outage affects systems running Microsoft Windows, even as CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm whose software update caused the outage, claimed the problem has been fixed.
Hospitals and 911 systems were racing Friday to respond to outages linked to a CrowdStrike cybersecurity platform issue.
The boss of the cybersecurity firm seemingly to blame for the unprecedented IT outage on Friday said he is “deeply sorry for the impact that we've caused to customers”. Speaking to NBC, George Kurtz, founder and chief executive of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD), conceded that it “could be some time for some systems” to come back online.
The outage that continued to snarl systems from airports to stock exchanges Friday morning started when it struck users of Microsoft's Windows operating system late Thursday (July 18) and early Friday (July 19) and was caused by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike's software update, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a Friday post on X.
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock is down 12.9% to trade at $298.66 at last glance, after the cybersecurity firm disclosed a product update spurred outages in IT systems across the globe.
The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is getting a lot of attention on Friday as the CrowStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) outage sparks interest in the Windows error screen. The BSOD appears when Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) Windows runs into a critical error during operations.
Shares of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings faltered Friday after the firm's software update caused global outages in technology across airlines, hospitals, emergency services and more businesses, sending CrowdStrike to one of its worst ever days on the stock market.
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) will need to go into the next gear over the coming weeks and months to curtail the damage to its brand stemming from Friday's outage, Wedbush analysts say. An update from the cybersecurity company resulted in a major IT outage, impacting businesses, airports and consumers globally.
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) stock plunged over 12% overnight after a major outage of its cybersecurity system caused worldwide business disruptions. CEO George Kurtz said that “a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts” caused the problem.
Sections of the internet are down around the world on Friday as users experience troubles caused by the ongoing CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD ) outage today! Let's get into everything users and investors need to know about the CrowdStrike outage and why it has the internet down on Friday below!
The update glitch has caused a global IT outage causing massive disruptions worldwide.
CrowdStrike (CRWD) shares plunged 12% in premarket trading Friday, while those of its rivals surged, after the cybersecurity firm said an update "defect" caused a worldwide outage in Microsoft's (MSFT) cloud services.