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CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage

By Jonathan Stempel

Aug 2 2024 6:51AM

Knowledge of software testing in question.

CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage

CrowdStrike has been sued by shareholders who said the cybersecurity company defrauded them by concealing how its inadequate software testing could cause the July 19 global outage that crashed more than 8 million computers. In a proposed class action filed in the Austin, Texas federal court, ...

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