CrowdStrike CEO Says 97 Percent of Disrupted Devices Back Up After Global IT Outage

Published on July 26, 2024

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz announced on Thursday that 97 percent of the Windows sensors affected by a problematic software update that caused last week’s global IT outage have been restored. Mr. Kurtz added in his July 25 statement that the cybersecurity company “will not rest” until the remaining 3 percent of the Windows sensors, which are software components that collect information and monitor for potential cyber threats, are back up and running. “We understand our work is not yet complete, and we remain committed to restoring every impacted system,” wrote Mr. Kurtz, who faces demands from Republican lawmakers to testify before Congress about the outage, which caused around 8.5 million Windows machines to crash, disrupting banks, hospitals, flights, and other operations across the globe....

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