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CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage

Botched update leads to claims that competitors are "ambulance chasing."

Texas-based CrowdStrike had a reputation as many major companies’ first line of defense against cyber attacks, but the high-profile nature of its clients exacerbated the impact of July’s global disruption that shut down 8.5 million Windows devices. While CrowdStrike has promised to introduce new checks and staggered updates to prevent a repeat of the mass disruption, Sentonas said the company’s continued presence inside the kernel is essential to provide maximum protection against cyber threats. Sentonas, who this month went to Las Vegas to accept the Pwnie Award for Epic Fail at the 2024 security conference Def Con, dismissed fears that CrowdStrike’s market dominance would suffer long-term damage.

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