Microsoft releases CrowdStrike fix for the massive worldwide Windows PC outage

Everyone was minding their business on Friday when they discovered their flight was delayed, their bank wasn't working, or the hospital couldn't offer certain services. A Windows issue was affecting millions of PCs worldwide, only this time around, it wasn't Microsoft responsible for the error that crippled plenty of businesses reliant on Windows computers.

CrowdStrike had issued a security update that many Windows computers downloaded automatically. That CrowdStrike update contained a...