Windows: 8.5 million computers shut down after global outage

The global computer outage has caused problems on 8.5 million computers, tech giant Microsoft announced on Sunday. Microsoft is the operating system on which the computers were running, which were shut down on Friday after a bug with an automatic update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which previously apologized for the incident.

The effects of this were first visible in Australia on Friday morning and then spread like wildfire across the rest of the world. Banks, airports, media, public transport services, media and hospitals were affected by the outage, rendering computers unusable because it was impossible to log in.

Ultimately, it affected 1 percent of Windows devices, the company itself reports. These were not computers of private customers, but those of companies and governments. Although the outage certainly did not affect all systems, many organizations that also worked with Windows got through the day without problems. The networks that had been disabled were restored during the day on Friday.