Microsoft Blames European Commission for Major Worldwide Outage

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On Windows machines, CrowdStrike's Falcon security software is a kernel module, which gives the software full access to a PC.

The Falcon software was not able to wreak similar havoc on Macs because Apple does not give software makers kernel access.

Last Friday, a major CrowdStrike outage impacted PCs running Microsoft Windows, causing worldwide issues affecting airlines, retailers, banks, hospitals, rail networks, and more.

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Author / Journalist: Juli Clover

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesChinaIsraelMali

Topics: Features Iphone Software Crowdstrike Kernel Security Microsoft Access Windows Macs Apple

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Published On: 2024-07-22 @ 11:55:31 (1 days ago)

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