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Software Vendor Carahsoft Raided by FBI in Virginia
Federal agents on Tuesday searched the Washington-area offices of Carahsoft Technology Corp., a major distributor of information technology products to government agencies, according to people familiar with the matter.
FBI and DCIS (DoD) agents conducted a search at Carahsoft Technology Corp. in Reston, Virginia, on Tuesday. The FBI and Defense Criminal Investigative Service were present, collecting documents and computers. Mary Lange, a Carahsoft representative, stated, “Carahsoft is fully cooperating on this matter.”
The Justice Department is investigating a company associated with Carahsoft, a key player in government technology procurement. Since its founding in 2004, Carahsoft has achieved significant growth, ranking 45th among private companies in the U.S. with $11 billion in revenue.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed the activity but did not provide further details. After the raid, the company's parking lot was nearly empty, indicating a significant disruption to normal operations. Carahsoft contracts with the Social Security Administration, SEC, U.S. Treasury, and partners with Google, Oracle, CrowdStrike and Palantir.
On July 19th CrowdStrike's major tech outage wreaked havoc on systems around the world, bringing airports, banks, supermarkets, and health systems crashing down. CrowdStrike’s senior executive, Adam Meyers, said artificial intelligence was not responsible for any part of CrowdStrike's global IT outage at a DHS subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
It's unclear what company today's raid targeted.