Russiagate cheerleaders, spy agency links: what you need to know about CrowdStrike, the firm behind the global IT outage

A leading name in cybersecurity, Crowdstrike was deeply involved in the ‘Russiagate’ hoax

Before a faulty software update dragged the company’s name into global headlines on Friday, Crowdstrike had a long history of involvement with US intelligence agencies, and played a key role in the ‘Russiagate’ hoax.

Crowdstrike released a defective update to its cloud-based security software on Friday that left an array of users around the world ...