CrowdStrike's Software Update Creates Havoc as Banking, Healthcare, and Airline Industry Faces the 'Blue Screen of Death'

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A recent software update by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused a significant global IT disruption on Friday, affecting various industries, including banking, healthcare, and airlines.

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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.

00:02A recent software update by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused a significant global

00:07IT disruption on Friday, affecting various industries, including banking, healthcare,

00:12and airlines.

00:13The issue stemmed from CrowdStrike's Falcon product update, leading to widespread blue-screen-of-death

00:18errors on machines running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

00:22CrowdStrike, a Texas-based firm known for its endpoint security solutions, provides

00:26software that detects and blocks cyber threats.

00:29This software update conflicted with Windows, causing system crashes and service outages.

00:34CrowdStrike has rolled back the faulty update and is actively working to resolve the issue.

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