CrowdStrike says significant number of outage-affected devices back up

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes//File Photo

(Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said on Sunday that a significant number of the 8.5 million Microsoft devices that were impacted as a result of a global tech outage related to a software update were back online and operational.

(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Leslie Adler)