An issue with CrowdStrike’s cybersecurity platform may have caused the mass outage affecting companies around the world.
CrowdStrike is a company that provides cloud-based online security solutions.
Its software is used by some of the largest players in cloud services, including Amazon’s AWS.
CrowdStrike has also been implicated in the global outage that has impacted retailers, airlines, media companies and more.
The company’s co-founder has acknowledged the issue, and says a fix has already been deployed.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz wrote on X.
“The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on our website.
