WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. House of

Representatives Homeland Security Committee has called on

CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) CEO George Kurtz to testify about a recent

massive global outage, the Washington Post reported on Monday,

citing a letter by the congressional panel.

CrowdStrike's ( CRWD ) glitchy update to its security software

crashed computers powered by Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Windows operating

system, disrupting internet services across the globe and

affecting a broad swathe of industries including airlines,

banking and healthcare. Microsoft ( MSFT ) said on Saturday

about 8.5 million Windows devices were affected.