Microsoft-CrowdStrike Faces Global Outage

Friday ko, CrowdStrike, jo ek badi US cybersecurity company hai, usko ek major problem ka samna karna pada, jisse global outage ho gaya. Yeh issue un computers ko affect kiya jo Microsoft software use kar rahe the, aur isse government services, airlines, trading platforms, aur TV networks mein disruptions hui. Users ne computer restarts aur blue-screen errors experience kiye.

CrowdStrike Kya Hai?

CrowdStrike, jo 2012 mein George Kurtz (former McAfee employee) ne start ki thi, ek aisi company hai jo computer systems ko protect karti hai. Iska main product, Falcon platform, real-time mein cyber threats ko detect, stop, aur respond karta hai. Falcon attacks ke alerts deta hai, threats ko accurately detect karta hai, aur breaches aur ransomware ke against automatic protection provide karta hai. Bahut si organizations, including big banks, universities, aur companies jaise TAB Corp, CrowdStrike ki services use karti hain apni digital information ko protect karne ke liye.

High-profile cyber attacks ke badhne ke karan strong cybersecurity aur bhi important ho gayi hai. Companies jaise Ticketmaster, Medibank, aur Optus ko affect karne wale incidents ne strong cybersecurity defenses ki zaroorat ko dikhaya hai. Is wajah se, aur bhi zyada organizations aisi companies ki taraf badh rahi hain jaise CrowdStrike, jo badhte cyber threats se protection provide karti hain.

The Outage: Kya Galat Hua?

Friday ko jo global outage hua, woh CrowdStrike ke Falcon product mein technical problem ke wajah se tha. Is issue ne Microsoft software use karne wale computers ko affect kiya, jisse bahut se restarts aur blue-screen errors huye.

CrowdStrike ne is problem ko admit kiya aur bola ki woh solution par kaam kar rahe hain. Yeh outage ne kai Microsoft services ko affect kiya, including:

• Microsoft Defender: Users ko access karne mein dikkat aayi aur new detections mein delays hue.

• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Admins aur users ko API requests mein failures aur alerts kholne mein errors ka samna karna pada.

• Microsoft Defender Experts: Incident aur alert processing issues ke karan responses mein delays hue.

• Microsoft Intune: Users ko device check-in, syncing, aur enrollment mein problems aayi.

• Microsoft OneNote: Users content sync ya notebooks open nahi kar pa rahe the.

• OneDrive for Business: Users ko OneDrive content access karne mein dikkat hui.

• SharePoint Online: Users sites access nahi kar pa rahe the.

• Windows 365: Admins aur end-users ko Cloud PCs manage aur access karne mein issues hui.

• Viva Engage: Users platform access nahi kar pa rahe the.

CrowdStrike ka Background aur Ownership

CrowdStrike ko George Kurtz ne cybersecurity problems se tackle karne ke liye start kiya tha. Company ki ownership structure mein institutional investors, public companies, aur individual investors shamil hain, jismein The Vanguard Group ke paas largest share hai (around 6.79%).

CrowdStrike conspiracy theories mein bhi shamil raha hai, especially uski investigation related to Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Former President Donald Trump ne 2019 mein Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ke saath call mein in theories ko refer kiya tha. Trump ke comments ne ek Ukrainian link ko suggest kiya CrowdStrike se, jabki co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch actually ek Russian-born US citizen hain.

Trump ke Allegations aur Conspiracy Theories

2019 ki call mein, Trump ne Ukraine ke connection mein CrowdStrike ka zikr kiya, yeh kahte hue ki, "I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say CrowdStrike... I guess you have one of your wealthy people... The server, they say Ukraine has it." Trump ka interest CrowdStrike mein ek broader effort ka part tha to challenge the idea that Russia ne 2016 election mein interfere kiya unko madat karne ke liye.

CrowdStrike ke aaspaas kuch conspiracy theories hain jo yeh jhoot bolti hain ki company ne Russia ko dosh diya kyunki Dmitri Alperovitch wahan ka hai, jiske co-founder, Ukrainian hain. Trump ne aisa tab refer kiya jab unhone "one of your wealthy people" ka zikr kiya apni call mein Zelenskyy se. Unhone yeh false claim ek 2017 interview mein bhi repeat kiya, suggesting CrowdStrike ek "very rich Ukrainian" ke dwara owned hai. Lekin, Alperovitch ek Russian-born US citizen hain.

Aage Ka Rasta

Jaise-jaise situation unfold hui, developer websites ne issue ke fixes post karna shuru kiya, aur CrowdStrike ne apne customers ko solutions offer kiye jab tak woh problem ko resolve kar rahe the. Yeh incident dikhata hai ki cybersecurity firms ka kitna critical role hai digital systems ki stability aur security ko worldwide maintain karne mein.

Yeh global outage highlight karta hai strong cybersecurity measures ki zaroorat ko aur quick responses to technical issues ko. Jaise technology evolve hoti ja rahi hai, digital systems ko secure aur stable banaye rakhna organizations ke liye aur bhi important hota ja raha hai.

CrowdStrike ka outage ko jaldi se theek karna humein yaad dilata hai ki cybersecurity mein hamesha challenges hote hain aur potential threats ke against hamesha satark rehna zaroori hai.