MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCrowdStrike CEO requested to testify on global IT outagewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
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minus-squarefrog_brawler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down1·10 months agoI’m sure CrowdStrike is absolutely prepared to admit they fucked up. What’s the point of this? Will we be bringing in every CTO/CIO that decided to implement CrowdStrike for a congressional hearing as well? How about every CEO or board member that voted to hire the CTO that decided to implement CrowdStrike…?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 months agoThere is no point. They drag the social media CEOs in front of congress regularly, give them a stern talking-to, and then it’s back to business as usual.
minus-squarefrog_brawler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoYea, this is one of those “optics is the action” scenarios and it’s a stupid waste of our taxes.
I’m sure CrowdStrike is absolutely prepared to admit they fucked up. What’s the point of this?
Will we be bringing in every CTO/CIO that decided to implement CrowdStrike for a congressional hearing as well?
How about every CEO or board member that voted to hire the CTO that decided to implement CrowdStrike…?
There is no point. They drag the social media CEOs in front of congress regularly, give them a stern talking-to, and then it’s back to business as usual.
Yea, this is one of those “optics is the action” scenarios and it’s a stupid waste of our taxes.