Global IT outage: 'We're deeply sorry', CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says

CEO of Crowdstrike George Kurtz delivers an apology after global IT outage disrupts businesses including banks, airlines, train companies, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters and supermarkets.

Speaking to our partner NBC, Mr Kurtz said 'We're deeply sorry...the global issues were caused by a single faulty content update'.

He added 'That update had a software bug in it and caused an issue with the Microsoft operating system...we identified this very quickly and remediated the issue'.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/outages-latest-airports-business-and-broadcasters-experiencing-issues-worldwide-13180821#7994159

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