CrowdStrike says global tech outage was due to a quality control bug – National

CrowdStrike says global tech outage was due to a quality control bug – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A CrowdStrike CRWD.O software update that crashed computers globally last week hitting services from aviation to banking and healthcare was caused by a bug in the U.S. cybersecurity firm’s quality control mechanism, the company said on Wednesday. Friday’s outage happened because CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor, an advanced platform that protects systems from … Read more

Delta still cancelling hundreds of flights after CrowdStrike outage. Why? – National

Delta still cancelling hundreds of flights after CrowdStrike outage. Why? – National

Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from the federal government. Other carriers were returning Monday to nearly normal levels of service disruptions, intensifying the glare on Delta’s relatively weaker … Read more