Last week CrowdStrike outage submerged a significant portion of the world in a sea of blue screens of death. According to a report, the cyber security company tried to apologize with an Uber Eats gift card, but its distribution also faced some difficulties. TechCrunch.
CrowdStrike apparently tried to send $10 Uber Eats gift cards to “teammates and partners” on Tuesday. The gift card was an attempt to apologize for the global shutdown that shut down computer systems for banks, hospitals, airlines and others, and for “overtime caused by the July 19 incident.” TechCrunch source receiving the message.
When some tried to redeem a gift card on Uber Eats, they were only met with a screen telling them that the offer had been canceled by the issuing party. CrowdStrike told us that Uber flagged it as a scam due to high usage rates.
CrowdStrike blamed a global system outage update error containing “problematic information”. The bug forced Windows machines into a boot loop, causing massive delays at airports, delays in scheduled surgeries and other operations at hospitals, disruptions at banks and even the London Stock Exchange.
Correction: Jul 24, 2024, 4:45 pm ET: This story originally claimed that Crowdstrike tried to apologize for its recent cut by sending Uber Eats gift cards to customers. The company gave us this statement: “CrowdStrike did not send gift cards to clients or customers. We sent them to our teammates and partners who helped customers in this situation. Uber flagged this as fraud due to high usage rates.”
