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CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed


It's estimated 8.5 million devices were disabled by a faulty update from the cyber-security firm.

A week after a faulty update caused a global IT outage that grounded flights and knocked TV stations off-air, the boss of CrowdStrike has revealed nearly all systems are back online. But the remedies, which included restarting machines in safe mode and deleting the faulty file, required people to be able to physically access devices, which proved difficult in some cases. But some felt short-changed by the token of thanks, with one Reddit user writing: "I literally wanted to drive my car off a bridge this weekend and they bought me coffee.

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