Microsoft estimates 8.5 million devices affected by global IT outage

Tech giant, Microsoft, said on Saturday that around 8.5 million computers and devices around the world using Windows were affected by the recent global IT outage.

The glitch was caused by a corrupted update issued by security company CrowdStrike, which created havoc worldwide from Thursday into Friday.

“We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one per cent of all Windows…