ZURICH, July 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss Federal Office for

Cyber ​​Security (BACS) said a faulty update or misconfiguration

by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) had led to international tech

outages on Friday.

"The BACS is aware of the outages mentioned and has received

corresponding reports from various companies and critical

infrastructures," the BACS said in a statement.

"A faulty update or misconfiguration by CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) is

leading to these system outages. The BACS is in contact with the

companies affected."