Abrdn, Quilter, Vanguard and more reveal Crowdstrike outage impact

Around 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices were affected by a defective code update from cybersecurity service Crowdstrike, the latter has confirmed. The result was chaos, with flights cancelled and hospitals reporting critical incidents as technology infrastructure went down. Abrdn, Quilter, Royal London, Scottish Widows and Vanguard were among a tranche of businesses that faced service hits. Providers have since reported that their affected processes and platforms are up and running again. Advice providers update on Crowdstrike impact Abrdn continues to "keep clients informed...