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  "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines · updates",
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  "description": "A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon sensor configuration update (Channel File 291) caused a logic error that blue-screened Windows hosts running sensor 7.11 and later that were online between 04:09 and 05:27 UTC on 2024-07-19. Microsoft estimated 8.5 million Windows devices were affected CrowdStrike stressed it was not a cyberattack; it is tracked here because a security agent with kernel-level access took down machines worldwide.",
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      "id": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage#2024-08-06-452155e4",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage#2024-08-06-452155e4",
      "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: CrowdStrike publishes the Channel File 291 root cause analysis",
      "content_text": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: CrowdStrike publishes the Channel File 291 root cause analysis\n\nSource: https://www.crowdstrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Channel-File-291-Incident-Root-Cause-Analysis-08.06.2024.pdf",
      "date_published": "2024-08-06T00:00:00.000Z",
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      "id": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage#2024-07-20-8dca8b7e",
      "url": "https://pwn.watch/i/crowdstrike-falcon-channel-file-291-outage#2024-07-20-8dca8b7e",
      "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: CrowdStrike publishes technical details; Microsoft estimates 8.5 million Windows devices affected",
      "content_text": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: CrowdStrike publishes technical details; Microsoft estimates 8.5 million Windows devices affected\n\nSource: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/20/helping-our-customers-through-the-crowdstrike-outage/",
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      "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: 04:09 UTC: CrowdStrike pushes the Channel File 291 update; Windows hosts crash",
      "content_text": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: 04:09 UTC: CrowdStrike pushes the Channel File 291 update; Windows hosts crash\n\nSource: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/",
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      "title": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: 05:27 UTC: the faulty update is remediated",
      "content_text": "CrowdStrike Falcon update crashes 8.5 million Windows machines: 05:27 UTC: the faulty update is remediated\n\nSource: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/",
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