All because of the Crowdstrike antivirus: there was a massive IT failure worldwide, many services and companies are down

By: Myroslav Trinko | 19.07.2024, 10:43
All because of the Crowdstrike antivirus: there was a massive IT failure worldwide, many services and companies are down

There are massive technology problems around the world.

Here's What We Know

Airlines American Airlines, United and Delta suspended flights due to communication problems, reports ABC News.

In addition, it is known that the problems are fixed in the work of the operating system Windows, the London Stock Exchange, banks, various companies, as well as airport systems in Spain, Ireland, Australia and other countries.

According to one of the founders of the Ukrainian mobile bank monobank, the failure is associated with the interaction of antivirus Crowdstrike and Windows.

Flashback

CrowdStrike is an American company specialising in cybersecurity. The company's main product, the Falcon platform, uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify threats in real time and neutralise them.

CrowdStrike gained widespread attention in 2016 when it was involved in the investigation into the hacking of the US Democratic National Committee's servers. The company provides its services to large corporate clients and government organisations around the world.

As of 2019, CrowdStrike's stock trades on NASDAQ under the ticker CRWD.

Source: ABC News, @OGoMono