CrowdStrike declare “97% of crashed systems fixed”

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Following last week’s major global IT outage caused by a faulty software update from CrowdStrike, the companys CEO George Kurtz took to LinkedIn to announce that over 97% of the affected systems had been restored by 25th July. The root of the problem was identified as a bug in the Falcon Sensors content update, which caused Windows systems to crash with a blue screen error. CrowdStrike and Microsoft collaborated to provide solutions, including instructions for manually removing the faulty file from affected systems. CrowdStrike faced further backlash following its attempt to apologise for the global IT outage by offering $10 Uber Eats vouchers to affected customers and partners. Additionally, many recipients reported issues redeeming the vouchers, with Ubers systems flagging them as potentially fraudulent due to high usage rates.

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