Microsoft Outage Update: CrowdStrike Responsible for Global IT Outage Offers USD 10 Gift Card As Apology

Austin, July 25: CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity company that was recently found responsible for a Microsoft Windows crash that led to a global IT outage, reportedly offered a USD 10 gift card as an "apology gift" for those affected. The CrowdStrike Falcon antivirus update was responsible for the global Microsoft outage, which shut down services in airlines, government agencies, healthcare, and more, leading to chaos.

By offering the USD 10 gift card, the company said sorry for the outage, according to a report by TechCrunch. The Microsoft outage caused a few days ago to crash millions of computers. It showed a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) error, which resulted in several sectors, causing temporary halts and cancellations of flights and breakdowns in the airline industry that relied on the Windows operating system. Instagram Adding Profile View? Netizens React to Rumour About Meta-Owned Platform Adding Feature To Allow Users To See Who Viewed Their Profile.

CrowdStrike Offering USD 10 Uber Eats Gift Card to People, Check Official Email

According to the report, some people received a USD 10 Uber Eats gift from the cybersecurity company in an email. The company sent the email as an apology letter recognising the Microsoft outage that CrowdStrike caused. In an email, the cybersecurity company reportedly said, "We recognise the additional work that the July 19 incident has caused. And for that, we send our heartfelt thanks and apologies for the inconvenience. 

In the email, the company also assured us that it improved some of its cloud services to speed up the rapid communication with the sensor. The report mentioned that the people who posted about the USD 10 gift card tried to redeem the offer but received an error message that their voucher was cancelled. The message said the issuing party cancelled the USD 10 Uber Eats gift card, which was no longer valid. Motorola Team Reaches Out to Tipster Over 'Motorola Edge 50 Neo Leak', Asks To Remove Images, Tweets and DMCA License.

Moreover, the report said that the global outage caused by the Microsoft Windows crash affected nearly 8.5 million operating system devices. The Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, showed critical software failure and caused a worldwide outcry.

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