Malaysia asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike to consider covering losses from global outage

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s digital minister said on Wednesday he has asked global tech firms Microsoft and CrowdStrike to consider compensating companies that suffered losses during last week’s global tech outage.

A faulty update to CrowdStrike’s security software crashed computers powered by Microsoft windows operating system on Friday, disrupting internet services across the globe and affecting a broad range of industries.

Five government agencies and nine companies operating in aviation, banking and healthcare were among those affected in Malaysia, minister Gobind Singh Deo told reporters.