CrowdStrike

This article is about the company. For the widespread IT system outage in July 2024, see 2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryInformation security
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Founders
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
,
United States
Key people
  • George Kurtz (CEO)
  • Michael Sentonas (President)[1]
RevenueIncrease US$3.06 billion (FY24)
Negative increase US$−2 million (FY24)
Increase US$89.3 million (FY24)
Total assetsIncrease US$6.65 billion (FY24)
Total equityIncrease US$2.30 billion (FY24)
Number of employees
7,925 (FY24)
Websitewww.crowdstrike.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
Financials as of fiscal year ended January 31, 2024.
References:[2]

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services.

The company has been involved in investigations of several high-profile cyberattacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, the 2015–16 cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and the 2016 email leak involving the DNC.[3][4] On July 19, 2024, it issued a faulty update to its security software that caused global computer outages that disrupted air travel, banking, broadcasting, and other services.[5][6][7]

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  3. ^ "CrowdStrike demonstrates how attackers wiped the data from the machines at Sony". International Data Group. 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ Hamburger, Tom; Nakashima, Ellen (24 July 2016). "Clinton campaign – and some cyber experts – say Russia is behind email release". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Banfield-Nwachi, Mabel (19 July 2024). "Windows global IT outage: what we know so far". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ Plummer, Robert (19 July 2024). "Crowdstrike and Microsoft: What we know about global IT outage". BBC News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ Godfrey, Paul; Druker, Simon; Wynder, Ehren (19 July 2024). "911 call centers back online after IT outage causes global chaos". United Press International. Retrieved 19 July 2024.