{"id":15287,"date":"2024-07-25T15:37:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/crowdstrike-faces-backlash-as-thank-you-gift-cards-are-blocked\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:37:36","slug":"crowdstrike-faces-backlash-as-thank-you-gift-cards-are-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/crowdstrike-faces-backlash-as-thank-you-gift-cards-are-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"CrowdStrike faces backlash as \u2018thank you\u2019 gift cards are blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud<\/p>\n<p>An attempt by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to thank workers who tackled the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/19\/windows-global-it-outage-what-we-know-so-far\">global IT outage<\/a> with a $10 UberEats voucher hit a stumbling block after Uber flagged the gesture as potential fraud.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/19\/what-is-crowdstrike-microsoft-windows-outage\">CrowdStrike<\/a> confirmed that it sent the $10 voucher to \u201cteammates and partners\u201d who helped customers affected by a faulty software update it issued.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jul\/25\/crowdstrike-workers-ubereats-vouchers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/daa34638865430a169f04d573367be6b7c915733\/0_280_4719_2833\/master\/4719.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1e8aadf0a5bf90c63e678cd7ca06ee6e\" title=\"CrowdStrike faces backlash as \u2018thank you\u2019 gift cards are blocked\" \/>$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud<br \/>\nAn attempt by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to thank workers who tackled the recent global IT outage with a $10 UberEats voucher hit a stumbling block after Uber flagged the gesture as potential fraud.<br \/>\nCrowdStrike confirmed that it sent the $10 voucher to \u201cteammates and partners\u201d who helped customers affected by a faulty software update it issued. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud An attempt by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to thank workers who tackled the recent global IT outage with a $10 UberEats voucher hit a stumbling block after Uber flagged the gesture as potential fraud. CrowdStrike confirmed that it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/crowdstrike-faces-backlash-as-thank-you-gift-cards-are-blocked\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CrowdStrike faces backlash as \u2018thank you\u2019 gift cards are blocked<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}