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CrowdStrike CEO Kurtz to testify on mass outage and halted flights and hospitals

21 points by Bluestein 2y ago

smcin 2y ago
This seems like a first for the House Homeland Security Committee. For a security vendor, not a general IT company. Should be eye-opening if he actually comments on risk, QA etc. We should prepare our bingo cards.
- smcin 2y ago
  Turns out it's the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    I am pleasantly surprised to find such a committee exists, excuse my ignorance. Doubleplusgood if it is actually knowledgeable and pushes the right issues.-
    - financetechbro 2y ago
      I wouldn’t get my hopes up
    - smcin 2y ago
      Whether they are or not, they're about to have their finest hour. I take it these hearings will be televised?
      - Bluestein 2y ago
        - https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-hearing-hack-us-networks-foreign-adversary https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-he...
- Bluestein 2y ago
  I propose some salient items, for those bingo cards: - CEO mentions "nation-state actors" - Someone's Zoom background is amusing - Someone holds up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign - "We take this very seriously" - "working with our partners in industry" - "remediate" - "Security is our top priority" - "Our customer's security is our top priority" - Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Congressman twice mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike". Twice - Reference to SolarWinds hack - Reference to McAfee incident - "Critical infrastructure" is emphasized - Technical glitch during the hearing - "Critical infrastructure" down during the hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" mentioned - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited during hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited *at* hearing - Mention of recent ransomware attacks - "Cyber hygiene" - Senator says "back in my day..." - CEO smiles awkwardly - "Collaboration with federal agencies" - Phone rings on live stream - "Layered security approach" - Reference to a previous attack - Wi-Fi connection issues - "Bad actors" - Wi-Fi connection issue due to "Bad actors" - "Multi-factor authentication" - Kurtz corrects a technical detail - Kurtz wrongly corrects a technical detail - Kurtz twice wrongly corrects a technical detail - "Cybersecurity workforce shortage" - Senator asks unrelated question - Kurtz gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer which happens to be right - "Threat landscape" - Mention of a fictional hacker movie - CEO avoids direct answer Bonus Square: CEO drinks water Free Space: Any participant says "cyber" Bonus Point: Someone mentions Edward Snowden Extra Credit: "We need more funding for cybersecurity"
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randombits0 2y ago
Since Kurtz was the CTO of McAfee when they did the same back in 2010, we now have two points in time. Those two points define what I propose we call the Kurtz Line.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Seconded.- PS. Only wishing *no other points* further define it. This last occurrence should be the last. An ... endpoint? Pun intended. Seriously.- PSS. The "Killer Klutz Kurtz" line would also work.-
Bluestein 2y ago
I added a few items, to those bingo cards. They are now nearly complete :) - CEO mentions "nation-state actors" - Someone's Zoom background is amusing - Someone holds up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign - "We take this very seriously" - "working with our partners in industry" - "remediate" - "Security is our top priority" - "Our customer's security is our top priority" - Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Congressman twice mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike". Twice - Reference to SolarWinds hack - Reference to McAfee incident - "Critical infrastructure" is emphasized - Technical glitch during the hearing - "Critical infrastructure" down during the hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" mentioned - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited during hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited *at* hearing - Mention of recent ransomware attacks - "Cyber hygiene" - Senator says "back in my day..." - CEO says "back in my McAfee days..." - CEO smiles awkwardly - "Collaboration with federal agencies" - "Collaboration with federal agencies and partners in industry" - Phone rings on live stream - Phone rings on live stream and is exploited - "Layered security approach" - Reference to a previous attack - New reference to McAfee incident - Reference to McAffee incident and how "it would not have affected Crowdstrike Falcon users" by CEO - Wi-Fi connection issues - "Bad actors" - Wi-Fi connection issue due to "Bad actors" - "Multi-factor authentication" - Kurtz corrects a technical detail - Kurtz wrongly corrects a technical detail - Kurtz twice wrongly corrects a technical detail - "Cybersecurity workforce shortage" - Senator asks unrelated question - Kurtz gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer which happens to be right - "Threat landscape" - Mention of a fictional hacker movie - CEO avoids direct answer Bonus Square: CEO drinks water Free Space: Any participant says "cyber" Bonus Point: Someone mentions Edward Snowden Extra Credit: "We need more funding for cybersecurity"
kidfkj 2y ago
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21 points by Bluestein 2y ago

This seems like a first for the House Homeland Security Committee. For a security vendor, not a general IT company. Should be eye-opening if he actually comments on risk, QA etc. We should prepare our bingo cards.

smcin 2y ago
Turns out it's the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  I am pleasantly surprised to find such a committee exists, excuse my ignorance. Doubleplusgood if it is actually knowledgeable and pushes the right issues.-
  - financetechbro 2y ago
    I wouldn’t get my hopes up
  - smcin 2y ago
    Whether they are or not, they're about to have their finest hour. I take it these hearings will be televised?
    - Bluestein 2y ago
      - https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-hearing-hack-us-networks-foreign-adversary https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-he...
Bluestein 2y ago
I propose some salient items, for those bingo cards: - CEO mentions "nation-state actors" - Someone's Zoom background is amusing - Someone holds up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign - "We take this very seriously" - "working with our partners in industry" - "remediate" - "Security is our top priority" - "Our customer's security is our top priority" - Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Congressman twice mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike". Twice - Reference to SolarWinds hack - Reference to McAfee incident - "Critical infrastructure" is emphasized - Technical glitch during the hearing - "Critical infrastructure" down during the hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" mentioned - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited during hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited *at* hearing - Mention of recent ransomware attacks - "Cyber hygiene" - Senator says "back in my day..." - CEO smiles awkwardly - "Collaboration with federal agencies" - Phone rings on live stream - "Layered security approach" - Reference to a previous attack - Wi-Fi connection issues - "Bad actors" - Wi-Fi connection issue due to "Bad actors" - "Multi-factor authentication" - Kurtz corrects a technical detail - Kurtz wrongly corrects a technical detail - Kurtz twice wrongly corrects a technical detail - "Cybersecurity workforce shortage" - Senator asks unrelated question - Kurtz gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer which happens to be right - "Threat landscape" - Mention of a fictional hacker movie - CEO avoids direct answer Bonus Square: CEO drinks water Free Space: Any participant says "cyber" Bonus Point: Someone mentions Edward Snowden Extra Credit: "We need more funding for cybersecurity"

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randombits0 2y ago

Since Kurtz was the CTO of McAfee when they did the same back in 2010, we now have two points in time. Those two points define what I propose we call the Kurtz Line.

Bluestein 2y ago
Seconded.- PS. Only wishing *no other points* further define it. This last occurrence should be the last. An ... endpoint? Pun intended. Seriously.- PSS. The "Killer Klutz Kurtz" line would also work.-

Bluestein 2y ago

I added a few items, to those bingo cards. They are now nearly complete :) - CEO mentions "nation-state actors" - Someone's Zoom background is amusing - Someone holds up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign - "We take this very seriously" - "working with our partners in industry" - "remediate" - "Security is our top priority" - "Our customer's security is our top priority" - Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Congressman twice mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike" - Different Congressman mispronounces "CrowdStrike". Twice - Reference to SolarWinds hack - Reference to McAfee incident - "Critical infrastructure" is emphasized - Technical glitch during the hearing - "Critical infrastructure" down during the hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" mentioned - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited during hearing - "Zero-day vulnerability" exploited *at* hearing - Mention of recent ransomware attacks - "Cyber hygiene" - Senator says "back in my day..." - CEO says "back in my McAfee days..." - CEO smiles awkwardly - "Collaboration with federal agencies" - "Collaboration with federal agencies and partners in industry" - Phone rings on live stream - Phone rings on live stream and is exploited - "Layered security approach" - Reference to a previous attack - New reference to McAfee incident - Reference to McAffee incident and how "it would not have affected Crowdstrike Falcon users" by CEO - Wi-Fi connection issues - "Bad actors" - Wi-Fi connection issue due to "Bad actors" - "Multi-factor authentication" - Kurtz corrects a technical detail - Kurtz wrongly corrects a technical detail - Kurtz twice wrongly corrects a technical detail - "Cybersecurity workforce shortage" - Senator asks unrelated question - Kurtz gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer - Kurtz unknowingly gives unrelated answer which happens to be right - "Threat landscape" - Mention of a fictional hacker movie - CEO avoids direct answer Bonus Square: CEO drinks water Free Space: Any participant says "cyber" Bonus Point: Someone mentions Edward Snowden Extra Credit: "We need more funding for cybersecurity"

kidfkj 2y ago

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