CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: CRWD (Class A); Nasdaq-100 component; S&P 500 component;
Industry	Information security
Founded	2011
Founders	George Kurtz; Dmitri Alperovitch; Gregg Marston;
Headquarters	Austin, Texas, United States
Key people	George Kurtz (CEO); Michael Sentonas (President);
Revenue	US$3.06 billion (FY24)
Operating income	US$−2 million (FY24)
Net income	US$89.3 million (FY24)
Total assets	US$6.65 billion (FY24)
Total equity	US$2.30 billion (FY24)
Number of employees	7,925 (FY24)
Website	www.crowdstrike.com
	Footnotes / references; Financials as of fiscal year ended January 31, 2024.; References:

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5] In July 2024, it issued a faulty update to its security software that caused global computer outages that disrupted air travel, banking, broadcasting, and other services.^[6]^[7]^[8]

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^ "US SEC: Form 10-K Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 7 March 2024.
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^ "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.
^ Hamburger, Tom; Nakashima, Ellen (24 July 2016). "Clinton campaign – and some cyber experts – say Russia is behind email release". The Washington Post.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.