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Craig Hale

Microsoft says it still isn't sure how many devices were hit by CrowdStrike outage

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Microsoft has acknowledged its initial estimate of the number of devices affected by the recent CrowdStrike software update may have been off.

In response to emerging details surrounding the dodgy update that caused a widespread outage, resulting in grounded flights and disruptions to other major industries, Microsoft is pledging to reduce the reliance of infosec vendors on kernel drivers, which were behind the issue.

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