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American technology company Microsoft has revealed that at least 8.5 million Windows devices were affected by the CrowdStrike outage.
The company’s vice president in charge of enterprise and OS security, David Weston, revealed this in a blogpost on Monday.
He added that this number represents less than 1 percent of Windows machines globally.
Although the number of devices affected was relatively small, the damage was widespread and global, affecting banks, shops, brokerage firms, railway networks and other entities.
Airlines around the world have grounded flights due to the incident.
He wrote: “Although the percentage [of affected devices] “While small, the broad economic and social impact reflects the use of CrowdStrike by companies running many essential services.”
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The report revealed that the global IT outage was caused by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, whose software is used by a large number of industries around the world to protect against hackers and external breaches.
Further information revealed that the issue appears to be causing damage to machines running Microsoft Windows operating systems.
In an update shared on the X account on Friday, Microsoft 365 said that “some services continue to see improved availability as we progress with our mitigation actions.”
According to Microsoft’s webpage that tracks the status of its services, “users may not be able to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services.”
The global IT outage also affected applications including Microsoft Fabric, Teams, Purview, Defender, SharePoint, and OneNote.
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