CrowdStrike exec apologizes in front of Congress over huge global IT outage

A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon threat-detection configuration pushed to Windows sensors caused roughly 8.5 million systems to crash, producing a large-scale IT outage and significant financial impact. CrowdStrike apologized, said the issue was not the result of a cyberattack, and outlined mitigations including enhanced validation, staged rollouts, additional runtime checks, and third-party reviews while facing congressional questioning and customer complaints.