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CrowdStrike reportedly sends $10 Uber Eats gift cards to clients as apology for global IT meltdown


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.

Getty ImagesIn an email addressed to “CrowdStrike partners” obtained by TechCrunch, the embattled cybersecurity firm apologized for “the additional work the July 19 incident has caused.” “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. 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.

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