Republican representatives called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify about its defective software update.
Republican representatives on Monday called on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify after a defective software update caused disruptions across the globe.
Reps. Mark Green and Andrew Garbarino said the incident serves as a"warning about the national security risks associated with network dependency," according to a letter.CEO George Kurtz to testify in front of the House Committee on Homeland Security, days after the company issued a faulty software update that crashed millions ofRep. Mark Green , chairman Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep.
The outage caused disruptions across"key functions" of the global economy, including banking, aviation, healthcare, emergency services and media, the lawmakers said."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," Green and Garbarino wrote.
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