Microsoft said 8.5 million devices running its Windows operating ... Health care systems affected by the outage faced clinic closures, canceled surgeries and appointments and restricted access ...

Microsoft offered a sense of the scale of the outage caused by the CrowdStrike update. “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than 1 ...

A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post on Saturday.

Microsoft said 8.5 million devices running its Windows operating system were affected by the faulty cybersecurity update Friday that led to worldwide disruptions.

CrowdStrike, a leading US-based cybersecurity firm, has announced it will reduce its global workforce by 5%, amounting to approximately 500 employees. This significant move comes less than a year ...