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Episode: CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage
Description: U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world.
CrowdStrike said that a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on July 19, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong.
Republicans who lead the House Homeland Security Committee said they want those answers soon.
“While we appreciate CrowdStrike's response and coordination with stakeholders, we can...