CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage: Chinese cybersecurity firms take victory lap
- 360 Security, QAX and Tencent all took swipes at CrowdStrike online after the American firm caused global Microsoft outages, wreaking havoc on businesses
Chinese cybersecurity companies are taking advantage of the massive Microsoft Windows outage that upended businesses and grounded flights around the world on Thursday and Friday by promoting their own software, as Beijing pushes to cut the country’s reliance on foreign suppliers.
Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused the outage, one of the largest in history, by pushing a bad software update that crashed the Windows operating system. It affected airports, banks, and hospitals, among many other businesses.
360 Security Technology, China’s largest cybersecurity firm, took the opportunity to promote its products, which it claimed were “more reliable, stable, comprehensive and intelligent”.
“When selecting endpoint security software, it is important to fully evaluate its defence capabilities to avoid potential security risks and ensure that business continuity and data security are not threatened,” it said in a social media post on Friday.
