Microsoft blames European Commission for global CrowdStrike catastrophe

The worldwide outage of Windows PCs was because of European Commission demands, says Microsoft, and we should get used to it.A typical 'Blue Screen of Death' as seen by millions of people worldwide after the CrowdStrike updateThe outage that closed airports, shut down hospitals, and took out television stations was actually caused because of a single Windows update. Security firm CrowdStrike pushed out a flawed update, which it admits created the problem.However, Microsoft has now told the Wall Street Journal that the reason such an update could have a calamitous, global impact, is the fault of the European Commission. Specifically, a spokesperson said that EC agreements mean that Microsoft is not legally allowed to secure its systems the way Apple does. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums