Although the number of affected devices was relatively small, The Friday CrowdStrike outage caused troubles all around the world.
In other Microsoft news, we found out that the Microsoft outage impacted several essential services, such as banks, flights, supermarkets, petrol stations, and payment systems.
This is the first time Microsoft Windows or CrowdStrike released a number of affected devices after the incident, and it could be the worst cyber event in history.
Weston also claimed this number would represent less than 1% of all Microsoft Windows devices across the globe, but he added that “the broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services". It should also be mentioned that a single crushed computer could take down an entire network or data center.
According to the latest Microsoft news, The Microsoft outage was provoked by a corrupted software update made by the cyber security company, CrowdStrike, which eventually led the Microsoft Windows devices to crash. Other Microsoft news outlets pointed out that the issue was unrelated to Microsoft's software. They also emphasized how important it is for companies such as CrowdStrike to check the quality of their products before sending them out.
The vice president also noted that “although this was not a Microsoft incident”, the tech giants have been working with CrowdStrike to fix the matter.
It could take longer for systems to recover after the Microsoft outage if every touched device needs a manual fix. Still, Weston said that Microsoft and CrowdStrike have created “a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix”. The companies are cooperating with other giants, such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud, to find the proper solutions.
In today’s Microsoft news, we see, as a follow-up, that Microsoft Windows released a new recovery tool with two repair options to help IT admins accelerate the remediation process.
The two restore methods are “Recover from WinPe”, which “will produce boot media that will help facilitate the device repair” and “Recover from safe mode”, which will “produce boot media so impacted devices can boot into safe mode. The user can then log in using an account with local admin privileges and run the remediation steps”.
The only incident that was close to this one’s impact was the “WannaCry” cyber attack. It took place in 2017, and it was evaluated that it affected around 300,000 computers from 150 countries. The incident was followed by another similar attack a month later, called NotPetya.
A notable comparable situation to the Friday Microsoft outage happened to Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp back in 2021, resulting in a six-hour blackout.
The CrowdStrike and Microsoft outage linked situation also determined cyber security experts and agencies worldwide to warn people about a possible wave of hacking attacks.
Cyber organizations in Australia (which was highly affected by the Friday Microsoft outage) and the UK alerted people to pay extra attention to their incoming emails, calls, and websites that might not be official.
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