CrowdStrike: Tech firm sued by shareholders over IT global outage

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CrowdStrike: Tech firm sued by shareholders over IT global outage
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A faulty update by the cyber-security firm last month caused chaos around the world.

A faulty CrowdStrike update crashed 8.5 million Microsoft Windows computers causing chaos around the world

It also says the company's share price dropped 32% in the 12 days after the incident, causing a loss in market value of $25bn . The lawsuit is seeking an unspecified amount of compensation for investors who owned CrowdStrike shares between 29 November and 29 July.

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