CrowdStrike controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Faulty Falcon update and worldwide outage
On July 19, 2024, a defective configuration update for Falcon Sensor on Microsoft Windows caused widespread system crashes and recovery failures. The incident disrupted airlines, healthcare, finance, media, government, and other services. CrowdStrike said the event was not a cyberattack, acknowledged responsibility for the faulty update, issued apologies and recovery guidance, and announced changes to its software validation and deployment processes.