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CrowdStrike Exec Apologizes to US Lawmakers for July IT Outage
During a congressional hearing, CrowdStrike executive Adam Meyers issued a formal apology for the massive IT outage in July, which affected millions of computers globally. In his opening remarks, Meyers expressed deep regret, stating, “On behalf of everyone at CrowdStrike, I want to apologize. We are deeply sorry this happened and are determined to prevent it from happening again.”
Meyers assured lawmakers that the company is committed to learning from the incident and making significant improvements. This includes enhancing testing and checks on updates, as well as altering how future updates are issued to avoid similar disruptions.