KUALA LUMPUR – CrowdStrike Inc chief executive officer and founder George Kurtz has confirmed that the current global information technology issue affecting many airlines, businesses, and organisations is not a security incident or cyberattack.
In his LinkedIn post, he stated that the company is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts, but Mac and Linux hosts are unaffected.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified and isolated, and a fix has been deployed.
“We refer customers to the support portal for the latest updates and will continue to provide complete and continuous updates on our website,” said Kurtz.
He also mentioned that CrowdStrike further recommends that organisations communicate with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels.
“Our team is fully mobilised to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers,” he added.
Earlier, a global IT outage affected several international airports and airline operations worldwide, with some facing temporary closures and ground stops, as well as disruptions to most airline check-in and reservation systems.
Apart from that, the outage also affected operations at rail companies, media companies, and banks.
Elsewhere, Indian banks, airports, and stock markets were also hit by a global information technology outage today. – July 19, 2024