# CrowdStrike Offers $10 Gift Cards as Apology for Global Outage

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/crowdstrike-offers-10-gift-cards-as-apology-for-global-outage/287538>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** business\
**Created:** [July 24, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crowdstrike-offers-10-gift-cards-as-apology-for-global-outage/287538 "2024-07-24T17:55:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crowdstrike-offers-10-gift-cards-as-apology-for-global-outage/287538/1 "2024-07-24T17:55:49Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Apology Gesture** : CrowdStrike, after causing a massive global computer outage with a botched update, is offering $10 Uber Eats gift cards as a token of apology to its partners. The cybersecurity firm acknowledged the inconvenience caused by the incident in an email sent to affected users.

2. **Redemption Issues** : Despite the gesture, some recipients are facing difficulties redeeming the gift cards, with errors indicating that the cards have been canceled by the issuing party.

3. **Customer Frustration** : The small gesture of a gift card has not fully mitigated the frustration and additional work caused by the outage, as evidenced by social media posts and feedback from recipients.

[Read more on TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-gift-card-apology)

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**Author:** ![YounesWinter](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/youneswinter/32/86876_2.png) [@YounesWinter](https://onehack.st/u/YounesWinter)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/crowdstrike-offers-10-gift-cards-as-apology-for-global-outage/287538/2 "2024-07-24T18:06:34Z")

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Are they serious, joking, or do they think we’re the joke?