Microsoft says EU rules made CrowdStrike outage possible

Editor's note: Check out our oft-updated live blog for all new developments about the Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage.

The recent global IT outage, in which a faulty update to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike's software brought down millions of Windows PCs, caused billions of dollars worth of damage across a number of industries, including airline transport, retail, and banking.

Mac devices, however, were not affected, as Apple's macOS operating system does not grant third party app makers kernel-level access...