World News What is CrowdStrike, the company in the spotlight after Friday’s major worldwide IT outage? Blog

Behind a massive IT outage that brought flights to a standstill, upended markets and left businesses around the world in trouble is a cybersecurity company: CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike, known as a leader in software that protects businesses from ransomware attacks, came under the spotlight on Friday when the company struggled to fix a faulty patch that caused cascading, system-wide outages and crippled operations for customers ranging from banks to global retail giants to healthcare systems.

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