Follow-up – Al-Rasheed
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says the cause of a global glitch that hit airports, banks and TV stations may be in its latest update.
Earlier this week, the cybersecurity firm announced an update to its Falcon product, saying it would provide “unprecedented speed and accuracy” in detecting security breaches.
In a statement posted on its website after the incident, a company spokesperson said the problem may have been caused by the product of this update, confirming that it is working to resolve the bug by withdrawing the update.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. It helps businesses manage their security in their “IT environments,” which includes everything accessed via an Internet connection.
Its primary mission is to protect businesses and prevent data breaches, ransomware attacks, and other cyber attacks.
The company has been involved in combating several high-profile cyberattacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, the 2015-2016 cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and the 2016 email leak involving the DNC.
Earlier today, a technical glitch suddenly hit computing systems and servers around the world, causing global chaos at airports, hospitals, banks and other vital facilities.
Microsoft said the issue began at 5:56 p.m. local time and affected multiple customer systems in the central United States, including Azure services and the Microsoft 365 suite of applications.
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development announced that the country’s airports continue to operate normally without being affected by the global technical failure that struck computer systems, airports, and vital facilities around the world.
Beijing airports also announced that they were not affected by the global technology glitch.
For its part, the French cybersecurity agency said that there was “no evidence” that the global technological failure was caused by a “cyber attack.”
