Caught on Camera: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz fumbles when asked about global Microsoft outage

The accompanying caption read, “Omg. Crowdstrike CEO starts panicking and choking on his words when the media asks him why a single content update could shut down the entire system. Look at how nervous this man is. What is he hiding?”

The interview clip has exploded in popularity, racking up 2.5 million views on the social media platform X and sparking widespread buzz.

The tension was palpable as he navigated the challenging inquiries, weighing each word carefully under the scrutiny of millions of viewers concerned about the security of their digital worlds.

Watch the video below:

Omg. Crowdstrike CEO starts panicking and choking on his words when the media asks him why a single content update could shut down the entire system.
Look at how nervous this man is.
What is he hiding? pic.twitter.com/vUE94qP7dZ

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In his statement, Kurtz apologized for the outage and explained that the issue was caused by a defect in a Falcon update for Windows. He emphasized that Mac and Linux hosts were not affected and assured that this was not a cyberattack.

A bungled software update from CrowdStrike on Friday wreaked havoc globally, causing countless Microsoft Windows systems to crash and throwing various services into disarray, from air travel to banking and stock markets. Security experts criticized CrowdStrike for failing to test a software update that caused a global crash of clients’ Windows systems. The update, intended to enhance security, led to one of the biggest tech outages in recent years.