Man behind viral CrowdStrike social media post talks to KHOU 11 [Video]

The KHOU 11 Verify Team tracked down the person claiming on social media they were responsible for the worldwide outage of certain Microsoft Windows systems.

HOUSTON — Millions of people saw the post on X of a man holding up the peace sign in front of a sign saying CrowdStrike on the same day the company was at the center of a worldwide technology outage.

That man is Vincent Flibustier and the KHOU 11 Verify Team found out he’s a teacher who lives in Belgium.

As the CrowdStrike outage impact continued to be felt among systems impacting businesses, airlines and hospitals on Friday, Flibustier’s post continued to get millions of clicks.

In a Zoom interview with our Verify producer, Flibustier said, “People always need someone to blame. So I was, like, it’s me.”

He made a secondary post that included a video further explaining the details of the debunked claim he caused the worldwide glitch.

Since making the two viral posts, Flibustier …