CrowdStrike: 'Significant number' of impacted devices back online

Cybersecurity firm behind global outage says it continues to focus on restoring all impacted computers.

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In a social media post, the company - whose faulty security update caused Microsoft Windows computers to crash around the world - added it "continues to focus on restoring all systems".

Microsoft has estimated that the incident, which is being described as one of the worst IT outages in history, impacted 8.5m computers around the world.

Businesses, banks, hospitals and airlines were among the worst-hit, with some still struggling to fully restore their systems.

"We understand the profound impact this has had on everyone. We know our customers, partners and their IT teams are working tirelessly and we’re profoundly grateful," CrowdStrike said.

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