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CrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines


CrowdStrike is detailing exactly what went wrong.

Updates to the actual sensor don’t come from the cloud, and typically include AI and machine learning models that will allow CrowdStrike to improve its detection capabilities over the long term. On the cloud side CrowdStrike manages its own system that performs validation checks on content before it’s released to prevent an incident like Friday from happening. Sign up for Notepad by Tom Warren, a weekly newsletter uncovering the secrets and strategy behind Microsoft’s era-defining bets on AI, gaming, and computing.

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