CrowdStrike's $5.4bn outage affected sectors like banking, healthcare, and airlines, crashing 8.5 million Windows systems. The company vows changes to prevent future disasters.
The faulty content update caused a global tech meltdown, with the CEO and CSO issuing apologies. CrowdStrike admits an 'undetected error' in a binary file triggered the crash, prompting modifications in update procedures.
Additionally, the firm extends $10 Uber Eats gift cards as a gesture of apology, acknowledging the validation bug that led to the chaos.
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