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CrowdStrike CEO to Testify Before House Committee on Friday's Global Outage, BSOD Errors

Jul 22, 2024, 07:59 PM

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has been called to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee regarding a recent global computer outage. The outage, which occurred on Friday, was caused by a botched update and led to widespread issues, including Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors on Microsoft Windows systems. The committee seeks to understand how the outage happened and what steps are being taken to prevent future incidents. The Washington Post reported this development.