Microsoft released an estimated number of computers that were affected last Friday following the global bug due to the flawed update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
According to a press release, Microsoft said that around 8.5 million devices were affected by the "blue screen" that went viral on different screens around the world, from billboards, displays in shopping malls, to screens with route data inside airports.
The figure revealed by the tech giant represents less than 1 percent of computers running Windows operating systems, according to David Weston, the firm's cybersecurity executive.
Likewise, the computer failure led to direct damage to banks and hospitals and other public sites with databases supported by the corrupted operating system.
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For example, around 1 percent of flights in the United Kingdom, France and Brazil were canceled. While in Canada, Italy and India, this figure doubled to 2 percent.
The Spanish Association of Consumers (Aescon) has filed a claim for damages resulting from the incident.
"Regardless of the culpability or not of what was produced, the companies must compensate the damages caused," the organization explained in a statement.
It also urges Microsoft and the airlines to pay the extra costs incurred by consumers or service providers due to flight delays and cancellations.
In this regard, a call was made for companies to use the insurance policies that protect them from these incidents, and CrowdStrike has been singled out as one of the main culprits.
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