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More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike's CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage.

A faulty component in the latest CrowdStrike Falcon update is crashing Windows systems, impacting various organizations and services across the world, including airports, TV stations, and hospitals.

The cybersecurity giant reported the recovery progress after the massive July 19 outage caused by its faulty update. CrowdStrike said 99 percent of Windows sensors for its Falcon platform are online, ...

Customers will be given more control over when and where content is downloaded to reduce the risk of similar incidents in future. CrowdStrike has blamed a hole in its testing software for the release ...

Update: Crowdstrike says the issue is due to Microsoft's error, not its own. In a statement we've received, the company says: "This is not a CrowdStrike issue. An issue in Windows 11 24H2 is causing ...