Boss faces grilling over disatrous software snafu
The US House Committee on Homeland Security has requested public testimony from CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz in the wake of the chaos caused by a faulty update.
Mark E Green, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Andrew R Garbarino, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection,The letter reads:"We cannot ignore the magnitude of this incident, which some have claimed is the largest IT outage in history. In less than one day, we have seenThe full impact of the outage has yet to be determined and may never be.
"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." While the letter is a request for Kurtz to show up for questions, he could also be subpoenaed to provide testimony.Kevin Benacci, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, CrowdStrike, told us:"CrowdStrike is actively in contact with relevant Congressional Committees. Briefings and other engagement timelines may be disclosed at Members' discretion.
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