CrowdStrike
American cybersecurity technology company
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| 2025 | CrowdStrike experiences financial growth, with annual revenue increasing to $3.95 billion and net cash flow from operations rising to $1.38 billion |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike reported total annual revenue of $3.06 billion, representing a 36% increase from the previous year. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike acquired Israeli cloud security startups Flow Security for $200 million and Adaptive Shield for $300 million. |
| September 2024 | Launched CrowdStrike Financial Services, offering payment solutions and financing to improve access to the Falcon platform. |
| August 6 2024 | CrowdStrike published a Root Cause Analysis explaining the causes of the Channel File 291 Incident and outlined mitigation steps, including new content configuration test procedures, additional deployment layers, third-party code reviews, and staggered update rollout options. |
| July 24 2024 | CrowdStrike published a Post-Incident Review and reportedly contacted affected channel partners with apology emails containing $10 Uber Eats gift cards. |
| July 22 2024 | CrowdStrike shares closed at $263.91, experiencing a loss of $41.05 or 13.46% following the software update incident. |
| July 19 2024 | CrowdStrike issued a faulty software update that caused massive global computer outages, disrupting critical services including air travel, banking, and broadcasting worldwide. |
| June 2024 | CrowdStrike spent over $360,000 on federal lobbying in the first half of the year, according to OpenSecrets. |
| June 2024 | CrowdStrike joined the S&P 500 index. |
| 2023 | CrowdStrike introduced CrowdStream service in collaboration with Cribl.io. |
| 2023 | CrowdStrike spent $620,000 on federal lobbying activities throughout the year. |
| 2023 | CrowdStrike acquired Israeli cybersecurity startup Bionic.ai. |
| September 2023 | Launched Falcon Foundry, a no-code application development platform. |
| May 2023 | Launched Charlotte AI, a generative AI security analyst, as part of Falcon's AI-driven security updates. |
| October 2022 | CrowdStrike acquired Reposify, an external attack surface management vendor for risk management. |
| July 2022 | CrowdStrike launched a Cloud Threat Hunting Service. |
| December 2021 | CrowdStrike moved its headquarters from Sunnyvale, California, to Austin, Texas. |
| November 2021 | CrowdStrike acquired SecureCircle, a SaaS-based cybersecurity service extending zero trust endpoint security to include data. |
| February 2021 | CrowdStrike acquired Danish log management platform Humio for $400 million, with plans to integrate its log aggregation into CrowdStrike's XDR offering. |
| 2020 | Launched Falcon Identity Threat Protection. |
| September 2020 | CrowdStrike acquired Preempt Security, a zero trust and conditional access technology provider, for $96 million. |
| July 25 2019 | During a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump asked to investigate a conspiracy theory involving CrowdStrike and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. |
| June 2019 | Conducted initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq. |
| June 2019 | CrowdStrike made an initial public offering on the Nasdaq. |
| June 2018 | Reported a company valuation of more than $3 billion. |
| 2017 | Reached a valuation of over $1 billion with an estimated annual revenue of $100 million. |
| November 2017 | CrowdStrike acquired Payload Security, a firm that developed automated malware analysis sandbox technology. |
| March 20 2017 | James Comey testified before Congress, confirming that CrowdStrike, along with Mandiant and ThreatConnect, concluded with high certainty that the Democratic National Committee hack was conducted by Russian intelligence services APT 28 and APT 29. |
| 2016 | CrowdStrike was involved in investigating the email leak involving the Democratic National Committee, further establishing its reputation in high-profile cybersecurity investigations. |
| 2016 | The company was involved in the investigation of the DNC email leak, further establishing its reputation in handling high-profile cybersecurity incidents. |
| December 2016 | CrowdStrike released a report alleging that Russian government-affiliated group Fancy Bear hacked a Ukrainian artillery app (ArtOS), claiming the hack caused significant losses to Ukrainian artillery units. |
| 2015 | CrowdStrike began investigating cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), providing critical cybersecurity analysis during a politically sensitive period. |
| October 2015 | Identified Chinese hackers attacking technology and pharmaceutical companies, potentially violating a non-espionage agreement between U.S. and China. |
| July 2015 | Google invested in CrowdStrike's Series C funding round, which was followed by Series D and Series E, raising a total of $480 million. |
| May 2015 | CrowdStrike released information about VENOM, a critical flaw in the open-source hypervisor Quick Emulator (QEMU) that could allow attackers to access sensitive personal information. |
| 2014 | Uncovered activities of Energetic Bear, a Russian Federal Security Service-connected hacking group targeting the energy sector. |
| 2014 | CrowdStrike was involved in investigating the Sony Pictures hack, marking a significant early high-profile cybersecurity investigation for the company. |
| May 2014 | CrowdStrike's reports helped the U.S. Department of Justice charge five Chinese military hackers with economic cyber espionage against U.S. corporations. |
| June 2013 | CrowdStrike launched CrowdStrike Falcon, its first antivirus product. |
| 2012 | Shawn Henry, a former FBI official, was hired to lead CrowdStrike Services, Inc., the company's security and response services subsidiary. |
| 2011 | CrowdStrike was co-founded by George Kurtz (CEO), Dmitri Alperovitch (former CTO), and Gregg Marston (CFO). |
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