CrowdStrike: Content Update Chaos May Represent a Time for Long-Term Investors to Buy

Narrow-moat CrowdStrike said a faulty update was the reason behind the massive technology outage that affected millions of users in the early hours of July 19. Customers using CrowdStrike's security platform were locked out of their Windows devices. While details are still emerging, CrowdStrike's initial response emphasized that this incident was not a security breach and that the faulty update has been rectified. We find some credence in this response, considering that within hours of the outage, companies with operations affected by CrowdStrike's update have been able to gradually resume their services.