President George Kurtz of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD), the cybersecurity firm in the hot seat amid a global IT outage, has blamed “a single content update for Windows hosts” for a fault that impacted airlines, emergency services and broadcasters around the world.
“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.
“This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed," Kurtz wrote on X.
CrowdStrike shares are expected to fall sharply when US markets open, with pre-market trades pointing to a 16.5% decline.