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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

CrowdStrike says significant number of devices back online after global outage

A departures board shows at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport in Atlanta, Georgia
A departures board at Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday. The IT outage caused thousands of flights to be cancelled. Photograph: Megan Varner/Getty Images

A “significant” number of the 8.5m devices affected by last week’s global IT outage are back online, according to the cybersecurity company at the centre of the incident.

CrowdStrike said it was also testing a technique to reboot systems more rapidly, amid warnings from experts that a full recovery from Friday’s IT failure could take weeks.

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