Crowdstrike blames defect in content update for massive global IT crash

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Crowdstrike blames defect in content update for massive global IT crash - Business Standard

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CrowdStrike said it would improve testing of Rapid Response Content in future, in a variety of ways.

CrowdStrike also plans to stagger future deployments of updates so they are tested piecemeal - known as a canary deployment - before rolling it out at large.

But for several hours, bankers in Hong Kong, doctors in the UK and emergency responders in New Hampshire found themselves locked out of programs critical to keeping their operations afloat.More than 8.5 million Windows users were affected, according to Microsoft.