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However, today, many of CrowdStrike’s partners may be re-evaluating.
Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.
CrowdStrike’s share price takes a battering after its software causes global IT outages.
This is not a security incident or cyberattack,“CEO George Kurtzsaid.
“The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.
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Kurtz issued anotherstatementafter publication: “Today was not a security or cyber incident.
The iconic BSOD message that many millions of people are seeing today.
Our customers remain fully protected.
We understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption.
As noted earlier, the issue has been identified and a fix has been deployed.
There was an issue with a Falcon content update for Windows Hosts.
We are actively supporting customers to assist in their recovery.”
For heavily locked-down computers with Bitlocker encryption, that potentially involves a lot of manual deployment.
Still, the internet reacts as the internet does, with hilarious memes.
Spare a thought for busy IT departments who expect to have a chill weekend.
