CrowdStrike
CEO
George
Kurtz
was
called
to
testify
before
the
House
Homeland
Security
Committee
over
the
major
outage
affecting
Windows
PCs
spurred
by
a
faulty
update
that
brought
flights,
hospital
procedures,
and
broadcasters
to
a
halt
on
Friday,
The
Washington
Post
reported.
“Recognizing
that
Americans
will
undoubtedly
feel
the
lasting,
real-world
consequences
of
this
incident,
they
deserve
to
know
in
detail
how
this
incident
happened
and
the
mitigation
steps
CrowdStrike
is
taking,”
Homeland
Security
Chair
Mark
Green
(R-TN)
and
Cybersecurity
and
Infrastructure
Protection
Subcommittee
Chair
Andrew
Garbarino
(R-NY)
wrote
in
a
letter
later
shared
with
The
Verge.
They
asked
that
CrowdStrike
schedule
a
hearing
with
the
subcommittee
by
end
of
day
Wednesday.
The
letter
signals
that
the
cleanup
for
the
technical
failure
is
far
from
over
for
CrowdStrike.
Even
on
Monday,
three
days
after
the
initial
meltdown,
Delta
was
dealing
with
flight
cancelations
and
Blue
Screens
of
Death.
Kurtz
assured
the
public
on
Friday
in
a
social
media
post
that
the
massive
outage
was
“not
a
security
or
cyber
incident.”
Instead,
he
pointed
to
“an
issue
with
a
Falcon
content
update
for
Windows
Hosts,”
referring
to
the
company’s
security
software.
CrowdStrike
spokesperson
Kevin
Benacci
said
in
a
statement
the
company
“is
actively
in
contact
with
relevant
Congressional
Committees.
Briefings
and
other
engagement
timelines
may
be
disclosed
at
Members’
discretion.”
(Originally posted by Lauren Feiner)
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