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CrowdStrike hires outside help to track down cause of global outages as it reveals first findings
By Luke Hughes published
Despite hiring two separate firms to uncover the reason why millions of Windows computers crashed - Crowdstrike thinks it already has a good answer.

Microsoft hits back at Delta — says airline refused help following CrowdStrike outage, and even ignored an email from Satya Nadella himself
By Mike Moore published
Delta CEO apparently ignored email offering help from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella following IT outages.

CrowdStrike hits back at Delta lawsuit — claims it did everything it could, and airline ignored offer of help
By Luke Hughes published
The first high profile civil case over purported financial losses in the immediate aftermath of the CrowdStrike incident sees a scathing response from the company.

Delta CEO says CrowdStrike IT outage will cost airline $500m — as tech firm also sued by shareholders
By Craig Hale published
CrowdStrike is being threatened with legal action from shareholders and Delta, and that could just be the start.

Google admits it accidentally broke its own password manager
By Craig Hale published
Google admitted a dodgy update was to blame for password manager outage which lasted nearly 18 hours.

Microsoft says it still isn't sure how many devices were hit by CrowdStrike outage
By Craig Hale last updated
Initial CrowdStrike outage estimation was based on crash reports, but millions more could have gone unreported.

CrowdStrike CEO says nearly all affected servers are now back online
By Craig Hale published
Although 97% of servers are now restored, CrowdStrike CEO promises “full recovery” with a “sense of urgency.”

The FCC reveals what was behind the AT&T outage — faulty network update is the embarrassing cause
By Craig Hale published
FCC uncovers more detail about AT&T’s February 2024 outage, criticizing it for failing to adhere to best practices.

CrowdStrike reveals what went wrong — and it's pretty much what we expected
By Craig Hale published
CrowdStrike thinks it knows what caused the blue screen of death on millions of Windows devices.

Global Windows outage plunged banks, airlines, and more into chaos – here's everything you need to know
By Marc McLaren last updated
Breaking A software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a massive outage in Microsoft Windows PCs across the globe. Here's that latest plus everything that happened
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