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Facing scrutiny over global outage, cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on track for record year of federal lobbying spending - OpenSecrets News

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CrowdStrike spent more than $360,000 on federal lobbying in the first half of 2024 , according to an OpenSecrets analysis of filings.

The cybersecurity firm was thrust into the spotlight over a widespread outage in July that caused what is now considered the largest IT outage in history.

CrowdStrike has ramped up its lobbying operation more as it faces scrutiny from lawmakers.

CrowdStrike reported a 36% increase in total revenue in fiscal year 2024 , rising to over $3 billion .

Firm spent $ 620,000 lobbying the federal government in 2023 , nearly a 90% increase from the $ 330,000 it spent the previous year .

CrowdStrike ’s lobbying efforts focused on homeland security and IT defense policies and legislation.

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