Several X users posted that they had received a gift voucher from CrowdStrike, though some said the code appeared to have been taken offline and was no longer working.
Millions of computers with the Microsoft Windows operating system were hit with the “blue screen of death” on Friday because of a CrowdStrike glitch that left them unable to boot up.“To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!” said the email, which included a promo code for Uber Eats and was reportedly sent in the name of CrowdStrike’s chief business officer Daniel Bernard.
Fanatics CEO looks to sell $1B in company stock as revenue stalls: reportThe Post has reached out to the company for comment. Microsoft said that some 8.5 million devices were likely affected during the meltdown, which stranded passenger in airports around the world and left some hospitals unable to function normally.
In a lengthy report published Wednesday, CrowdStrike explained that a bug in its quality control system had prevented it from identifying flawed data included in a routine software update.The update was part of CrowdStrike’s rapid response plan, which is meant to update cybersecurity systems to combat new threats.
“I want to sincerely apologize directly to all of you for the outage,” CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said in a statement posted online last Friday. “All of CrowdStrike understands the gravity and impact of the situation.
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