CROWDSTRIKE: GLOBAL IT OUTAGE
NOT CYBERATTACK BUT DEFECT FOR
WINDOWS HOSTS
19/07/2024 08:31 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (Bernama) -- CrowdStrike Inc chief executive
officer and founder George Kurtz has confirmed that the current
global information technology (IT) issue affecting many airlines,
businesses and organisations is not a security incident or
cyberattack.
In his LinkedIn post, he said the company is actively working with
customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update
for Windows hosts, but Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been
identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed
“We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates
and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on
our website,” said Kurtz.
He also said CrowdStrike further recommends that organisations
communicate with CrowdStrike representatives through official
channels.
“Our team is fully mobilised to ensure the security and stability of
CrowdStrike customers,” he added.
Earlier, a global IT outage affected several international airports
and airlines operations worldwide with some facing temporary
closure and ground stops as well as disruptions to most airline
check-in and reservations systems.
Apart from that, the outage also affected operations in rail
companies, media companies and banks.
Elsewhere, Indian banks, airports and stock markets were also hit
by a global information technology outage on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
