American cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike, said the global IT outage affecting multiple sectors was not caused by a security incident or cyber attack. The outage occurred concurrently with a significant disruption at Microsoft, impacting businesses worldwide on Friday. “CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. “Our team is fully mobilised to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers,” he assured. On Friday morning, UK-based Sky News experienced a disruption in its live TV broadcasting capabilities due to the outage.

Source: Punch July 19, 2024 19:20 UTC