The Crowdstrike Outage: On Friday, July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity company, released a routine software update that caused a major issue, affecting an estimated 8.5 million Windows computers. This incident significantly disrupted various sectors, including airports, grocery stores, and media. In this article, we explain what CrowdStrike is, what went wrong with the update, how it impacted businesses, and how you can protect your business moving forward.