Software security company faces prospect of congressional grilling over botched update that caused widespread havoc.
Rep. Mark Green , chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, is calling on the CrowdStrike CEO to testify about Friday's global outage.
Republican leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee demanded that CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz commit by Wednesday to appearing on the Hill to explain how the outages happened and what “mitigation steps” the company is taking to prevent future episodes.that a faulty content update shipped for Windows users prompted the outages, which threw businesses and government organizations worldwide into disarray.
Spokespeople for CrowdStrike did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Kurtz said Friday that the company “continues to work closely with impacted customers and partners to ensure that all systems are restored.”The committee is one of several looking into the incident, with members of the House Oversight Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee separately requesting briefings from CrowdStrike on the matter.
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