A U.S. cybersecurity company is at the center of Friday’s unprecedented internet disruption affecting businesses around the world.
The outage has been traced back to a cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike, which provides anti-cyberattack services to Microsoft and other large companies.
What is CrowdStrike?
CrowdStrike is an American cybersecurity firm based in Austin, Texas. Since being founded in 2011, they have made a name for themselves as one of the top firms providing protection; the company says its customers include 298 Fortune 500 companies, eight out of the top 10 financial services firms, seven out of the top 10 manufacturers, six of the top 10 healthcare providers and eight out of the top 10 food and beverage companies.
The company was also involved in investigations into cyberattacks such as the 2014 Sony Pictures hack and the hack of the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2016 election.
Their anti-cyberattack software is integrated directly into the Windows operating system …