House Republicans Summon CrowdStrike CEO to Testify About Global Outage

House Republicans are calling on the CEO of CrowdStrike to testify at a congressional hearing on the global technological disruption that has affected flights and businesses around the world on Friday.

Representatives Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Andrew Garbarino (RN.Y.) sent a letter to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Monday, requesting that he appear before the committee for public testimony about the global outage.

“Recognizing that Americans will undoubtedly feel the lasting and real consequences of this incident, they deserve to know in detail how this incident happened and the mitigation measures CrowdStrike is taking,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter.

The outage was attributed to a “defect” in a CrowdStrike software update, which it later said was not the result of a cybersecurity attack.

Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed over the weekend following the disruption. Hospitals, emergency services and some government offices were also affected by the outage.

Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Garbarino, chairman of the cybersecurity and infrastructure protection subcommittee, wrote that they “cannot ignore the magnitude of this incident.”

“However, this incident should serve as a broader warning about the national security risks associated with reliance on the network. Malicious cyber actors backed by nation states, such as China and Russia, are closely watching our response to this incident,” the lawmakers wrote.

They asked CrowdStrike to schedule a hearing with the committee by Wednesday at 5 p.m.

A CrowdStrike spokesperson said the company was in contact with congressional committees.

“CrowdStrike is actively in contact with relevant Congressional committees. Briefings and other engagement schedules may be released at the discretion of members,” the spokesperson said.

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