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Senator Schmitt Sends Letter to Department of Defense Regarding Crippling IT Outages Causing System Disruption Across the Country
July 19, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release:

Senator Eric Schmitt sent a letter to Acting Chief Information Officer Leslie Beavers of the Department of Defense regarding widespread IT system outages affecting Microsoft Windows hosts due to an issue with a recent CrowdStrike update:

"A single point of failure in a cybersecurity strategy has proven time and time again to be a threat to our national security. We cannot con . . .

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