ISTANBUL, July 25 — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc yesterday said a content configuration update affected its Falcon Sensor, which protects key risk areas and the Windows operating system, causing a global IT outage last week, Anadolu Agency reported.

WASHINGTON, July 23 — The United States House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee has sent a letter to CrowdStrike Holdings Inc chief executive officer George Kurtz asking him to testify on last week’s global tech outage.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — CyberSecurity Malaysia (CSM) issued an alert to users to be cautious of phishing attacks by cybercriminals following the global IT disruption.

WASHINGTON, July 21 — A global tech outage related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A recent global IT outage caused airlines to lose millions in revenue and created chaos due to system failures, said Capital A Bhd chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.