CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes

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CrowdStrike's now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.

Red Hat also advised that "disabling the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor/Agent software suite … will mitigate the crashes and provide temporary stability to the system in question while the issue is investigated."

The occurrence of kernel panics mere weeks before CrowdStrike broke many Windows implementations therefore hints at wider issues at the security vendor.

That progress will likely be of great interest, as Microsoft veep for enterprise and OS security David Weston on Saturday estimated that 8.5 million Windows machines had been laid low by the problem.

The extent of disruption caused by CrowdStrike remains uncertain, but we've read accounts of over 6,800 flights cancelled last Friday alone, and of some airlines only restoring systems on Sunday evening.

The British Medical Association has warned that "normal service cannot be resumed immediately" by UK doctors, at least, due to the backlog caused by the outage.

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So Crowdstrike knew they had a problem before it happened?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
CrowdStrike's now-infamous Falcon Sensor software, which last week led to widespread outages of Windows-powered computers, has also caused crashes of Linux machines.
Red Hat also advised that "disabling the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor/Agent software suite … will mitigate the crashes and provide temporary stability to the system in question while the issue is investigated."
The occurrence of kernel panics mere weeks before CrowdStrike broke many Windows implementations therefore hints at wider issues at the security vendor.
That progress will likely be of great interest, as Microsoft veep for enterprise and OS security David Weston on Saturday estimated that 8.5 million Windows machines had been laid low by the problem.
The extent of disruption caused by CrowdStrike remains uncertain, but we've read accounts of over 6,800 flights cancelled last Friday alone, and of some airlines only restoring systems on Sunday evening.
The British Medical Association has warned that "normal service cannot be resumed immediately" by UK doctors, at least, due to the backlog caused by the outage.
The original article contains 494 words, the summary contains 165 words. Saved 67%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Me, who was laughing at windows users a couple days ago: