However, several people also posted that when they tried to redeem the offer, they received an error message stating that the gift card had been cancelled by the issuing party and was therefore no longer valid.
It’s worth noting that the gift card initiative was confirmed by CrowdStike spokesperson Kevin Benacci, who told TechCrunch that they were working to fix the issues for those unable to use the card, explaining that it was because “Uber flagged them as fraud due to high usage rates.”
Although the company is offering compensation to some of the affected partners, the reality is that it will not be enough to cover the financial costs caused by this faulty update.
According to data from insurance company Parametrix, US Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft, will suffer losses of $5.4 billion due to Friday’s computer outage.
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