head on collision between Microsoft And this European Union. last Friday, a Computer error Reason A Global Blackout Up to 8.5 million devices affected Windowsparalyzing the activity of airports, banks, companies, healthcare and governments around the world. Although the crash was caused by a faulty antivirus update CrowdStrikeTechnology giant pleads guilty European Union the incident is alleged to have been Brussels He denies it.
in the statements to The Wall Street JournalSources within the American technology giant assured this weekend that, ultimately, the failure was due to the antitrust policies adopted by the company. The European Commission. In 2009, the company was established Bill Gates reached an agreement to comply with the requirements of Difference established by Brussels and allows manufacturers to software Like CrowdStrike, “it has the same level of access to Windows as Microsoft does.”
Friday’s massive outage was caused by a sensor update failure Antivirus of the program Falconwith which CrowdStrike protects Windows devices from potential Cyber ​​Attacks. When this error occurred, systems were unable to guarantee their safety and automatically crashed, and became stuck in a “reboot state”, known as the “blue screen of death”.
7. Product Owner Day: Create excitement with the right product managementMicrosoft is saying that if it weren’t for the EU’s free access policies, CrowdStrike would not have had the ability to push faulty updates that unleashed chaos in productive sectors around the world. The company claims that this measure has prevented it from providing the same level of security to devices. Mac. Although Manzana has not yet been forced to make changes to its discontinued operating system European Union puts pressure on the giant company to allow developers Apps Offer your products through third-party marketplaces. Technology firms assure that this will compromise the security of users and open the door to new risks.
The EU responds
The European reaction was immediate. A Commission spokeswoman yesterday rejected Microsoft’s allegations and pointed out that the company independently decides its business model. “It is up to Microsoft to adapt its security infrastructure to respond to threats in accordance with EU competition law.” he gestured at the appearance Le Zuber highlights that European measures give more power Consumer To choose your suppliers Cyber ​​security,
In addition, he said that the computer blackout “was not limited to the EU”, as it affected services from Australia to the United States, and that Microsoft “never raised any security concerns with the Commission, neither before nor after the incident.”
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