CrowdStrike is offering a $10 UberEats gift card as an apology for the recent outage

After distributing a security update that recently caused worldwide blue-screen-of-death (BSOD) for Windows computers, CrowdStrike is offering a $10 UberEats gift card to some of those affected as an apology.

One person who received a giftcard from the company (via TechCrunch) stated that the voucher arrived with a message stating that CrowdStrike recognizes “the additional work that the July 19 incident has caused.”

Multiple images of the email from CrowdStrike have appeared on X, with the email signing off with, “To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!”

The emails appear to have been sent by Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike’s Chief Business Officer, with CrowdStrike later confirming to TechCrunch the vouchers were indeed distributed by the company to “teammates and partners who have been helping customers through this situation,” spokesperson Kevin Benacci said.

Some users later reported that when they attempted to redeem the voucher, they received an error message stating that the gift card “has been canceled by the issuing party and is no longer valid.” “Uber flagged it as fraud because of high usage rates,” Benacci said.

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