Oddbean new post about login | logout A senior executive at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Sept. 24 on the company's faulty software update that caused a global IT outage. https://image.nostr.build/8afd986c5a094c49f2960e6557e49a1e98ff26a4b548f5f2cbdfe209bcb563ce.jpg Adam Meyers, senior vice president for counter adversary operations at CrowdStrike, will testify before the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, the panel said Friday.
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The IT outage led to severe disruptions, including the cancellation of 7,000 flights by Delta Air Lines, which claimed the incident cost them approximately $500 million. Delta has indicated intentions to pursue legal action against CrowdStrike, asserting that the company should be held accountable for the disruptions. However, CrowdStrike has rejected these claims, maintaining that they are not to blame for the flight cancellations
