In 1st Statement After Outage, CrowdStrike CEO Says…

The bug has affected many stock exchanges, supermarkets and flight operations across the globe.

In its first statement after the massive Microsoft outage caused by an update to CrowdStrike ‘Falcon Sensor’, the security firm’s CEO has said the issue has been isolated and a fix has been deployed. He has also apologised for the outage’s impact on customers, adding that some systems could take time to recover. 

The bug has affected many stock exchanges, supermarkets and flight operations across the globe. Users are experiencing the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error, which is causing their systems to shut down or restart unexpectedly. 

In a statement on X, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that the company is working with customers who have been impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts, adding that Mac- and Linux-based systems have not been affected.