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Jacob Fox

Shareholders sue CrowdStrike over consequences of catastrophic worldwide IT outage and I don't think an Uber Eats voucher will cut it this time

MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 19: A general view from Madrid-Barajas International Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Diego Radames/Anadolu via Getty Images).

You know the company responsible for crashing 8.5 million computers, grounding planes, and halting health services across the world just a couple of weeks ago? Well, shockingly, it turns out this company's shareholders aren't very happy.

CrowdStrike is being sued (via the BBC) by its shareholders for an unspecified amount for the catastrophic blunder that recently plunged many of the world's IT systems into blue-screen hell and many first-line IT support workers into despair. The issue, as CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz pointed out, thankfully was "not a security incident or cyberattack." 

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