CrowdStrike: Content Update Glitch Caused Worldwide IT Crash

The cybersecurity company released a report Wednesday (July 24), five days after a crash affected 8.5 million Windows machines around the world, leading to chaos at banks, airports and hospitals. The report also outlines what CrowdStrike aims to do to prevent the problem from recurring, such as implementing "a staggered deployment strategy for Rapid Response Content in which updates are gradually deployed to larger portions of the sensor base," while also giving customers more control over the delivery of t ...