According to this article, approximately 8.5 million Windows computers were affected by the CrowdStrike incident. Although 8.5 million is less than 1% of all Windows computers in the world, it's still a huge number.
The problem is that "many companies that operate important services use CrowdStrike."
The nature of EDR software means that it is more necessary for large companies with large amounts of data to protect.
There may not be many organizations using CrowdStrike in Japan. A foreign-affiliated low-cost carrier and a foreign-affiliated life insurance company have been affected. Yokohama National University and the National Institute for Environmental Studies have also used CrowdStrike, but the extent of their damage is unclear.
In the United States, CrowdStrike may have been more competitive than other companies' EDR products, at least until July 19th, when the trouble occurred.
An American insurance company estimated that direct economic losses to 500 large companies due to the CrowdStrike incidents would be $5.4 billion, with global damages estimated at $15 billion.
$15 billion is a significant loss, but cybercrime costs businesses $1 trillion a year.
Considering the enormous damage caused by cybercrime, this amount may be a necessary expense.