SUMMARY
Top House lawmakers have summoned CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify about Friday’s global IT outage, which affected around 8.5 million Windows devices, canceled over 5,100 flights, and potentially cost companies billions. Reps. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) demanded Kurtz schedule a testimony by Wednesday to explain the incident, its national security risks, and preventive measures. “Americans deserve to know in detail how this incident happened and the mitigation steps CrowdStrike is taking,” the lawmakers stated. Delta canceled more than 800 flights on Monday due to the outage, and federal officials warned of phishing scams targeting impacted customers. CrowdStrike has been in contact with Congressional Committees and anticipates further actions.
