Today, a global system outage occurred in Microsoft, and the 'culprit' behind the incident.$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$Therefore become the focus.
According to the introduction, CrowdStrike is a company that provides online security solutions and focuses on providing cloud-based endpoint protection platforms. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in California, USA. CrowdStrike's main product is the Falcon platform, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to detect, prevent, and respond to network threats.
Known for its ability to detect and defend against advanced network attacks, its software is used by some of the largest cloud computing service providers, including Microsoft and AWS, as well as major global banks, medical care, and energy companies to help them detect and block hacker threats.$Amazon (AMZN.US)$The Falcon platform of CrowdStrike can be integrated with Microsoft's security products, such as Azure and Microsoft 365, to enhance overall network security protection capabilities.
CrowdStrike's Falcon platform can integrate with Microsoft's security products, such as$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$As reported by the media, the global computer system crash today was caused by an issue with the CrowdStrike Falcon version update.
Like other cybersecurity products, CrowdStrike's software needs to access the computer's operating system more deeply to scan for threats. It was reported that today's incident may have been caused by an error in the way CrowdStrike's released software code interacted with the Windows system, resulting in a crash.
CrowdStrike's co-founder and CEO George Kurtz acknowledged the issue and stated that a fix had been deployed: 'CrowdStrike is actively working with impacted customers to address a defect identified in a single content update discovered on Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not affected. This is not a security event or an attack on your environment.'
CrowdStrike's co-founder and CEO, George Kurtz, acknowledged the issue and stated that corrective measures had been deployed.
"CrowdStrike is actively working with affected customers to address a flaw found in a single content update on Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not affected. This is not a security event or network attack."
Edited by Jeffrey