Phishing attacks targetting CrowdStrike users after global outage: CERT-In

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has released an advisory alerting users to phishing attacks aimed at those affected by the recent Microsoft Windows outage. CERT-In operates under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and serves as the national cybersecurity agency.

A global outage of Microsoft Windows occurred due to a defective update to the CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor software. This outage led to system crashes, affecting flights, businesses, banking and hospital systems worldwide.