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News Spotlight: CrowdStrike outage

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A faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike for Microsoft software on July 19 led to a massive IT outage worldwide that affected an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices. The software glitch to its Falcon platform led to the dreaded "blue screen of death" on affected computers and crippled industries such as airlines, healthcare and financial institutions.

What follows below are links to articles, videos and other resources produced by publications in the CyberRisk Alliance — SC Magazine, ChannelE2E, MSSP Alert and Security Weekly News — related to the outage.

CrowdStrike outage: News coverage

Commentary on CrowdStrike outage

Security Weekly News podcast on CrowdStrike outage

Experts weigh in on CrowdStrike outage

News Spotlight: CrowdStrike outage

A faulty update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike for Microsoft software on July 19 led to a massive IT outage worldwide that affected an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices.

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