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CrowdStrike and Microsoft: all the latest news on the global IT outage

Crowdstrike warns it “could be some time” before a full fix

Industries ranging from healthcare, banking, air travel, and others are struggling with a global IT outage that hit Microsoft Windows systems PCs and servers connected to the Crowdstrike security platform early Friday morning — and that could take a while to fully resolve. IT admins around the world are scrambling to fix a major issue with Windows computers today, after a faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike knocked thousands of PCs and servers offline with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error. Thousands of Windows machines are experiencing a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issue at boot today, impacting banks, airlines, TV broadcasters, supermarkets, and many more businesses worldwide.

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