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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 How to Protect Yourself From Scams Following the CrowdStrike Microsoft IT Outage TIME Tech 26 July, 2024 | 878 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ The Microsoft IT Outage that impacted services worldwide on Friday was caused by a software update by third-party cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike. According to Microsoft, the outage—which continues to cause disruption—affected 8.5 million Windows devices. Though they note that this is less than one percent of all Windows machines, the outage crashed systems worldwide, with online banking portals and air travel among the services impacted. The outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but concern has since grown from both CrowdStrike and government-affiliated agencies as to how scammers are capitalizing on the outage and the resulting confusion surrounding malicious cyber activity. America’s Cyber Defense Agency, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre, and Australia’s N
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