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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz was called to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee over the major outage<\/a> affecting Windows PCs spurred by a faulty update that brought flights, hospital procedures, and broadcasters to a halt on Friday, The Washington Post<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cRecognizing 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,\u201d Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-TN) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Chair Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) wrote in a letter<\/a> later shared with The Verge. <\/em>They <\/em>asked that CrowdStrike schedule a hearing with the subcommittee by end of day Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kurtz assured the public on Friday in a social media post<\/a> that the massive outage was \u201cnot a security or cyber incident.\u201d Instead, he pointed to \u201can issue with a Falcon content update for Windows Hosts,\u201d referring to the company\u2019s security software.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CrowdStrike spokesperson Kevin Benacci said in a statement the company \u201cis actively in contact with relevant Congressional Committees. Briefings and other engagement timelines may be disclosed at Members\u2019 discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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