Last week, the world reacted as 8.5 million computers crashed to bluescreen, grounding flights, crippling hospitals, and bringing down 911 services. This week, the world is reacting to the company responsible—Crowdstrike—offering its staff and the companies it works with a $10 Uber Eats voucher as way of apology for all their extra work over the weekend. People are not pleased.
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Given Crowdstrike’s day-job is to help companies respond in the event of a cyberattack, you might imagine damage control was a concept with which it had some manner of familiarity. However, in an email sent out to its staff and partner companies, it managed the most impressively cloth-eared response, saying,
To express our gratitude, your next cup of coffee or late night snack is on us!
The email came with a code that would unlock a $10 Uber Eats voucher. A figure just low enough to be next to useless.
It would be very reasonable to suspect that this was one of very many fraudulent emails and links that have gone around since Friday’s incident, attempting to take advantage of the situation for malware, phishing and all manner of scams. However, according to CNN, a Crowdstrike spokesperson confirmed the emails were legitimate.
However, CNN reports that the spike in uses of the particular code caused Uber to flag it as fraud! Just perfect.
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Source: Crowdstrike Says Sorry To IT Workers With $10 Uber Eats Coupons
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