CrowdStrike Receiving Awards As The World's Most Epiclic Failure

CrowdStrike won the epic failure award (photo: CrowdStrike)

JAKARTA - CrowdStrike received the award as the most epic 'Most Epic Nail' or failure on the Pwnie Award stage, after a global IT disruption caused Windows devices in the world to experience a blue screen.

Received directly by CrowdStrice President Michael Sentonas during the Def Con hacking conference, he acknowledged that this award is not something to be proud of.

CrowdStrike accepting the @PwnieAwards for “most epic fail” at @defcon. Class act. pic.twitter.com/e7IgYosHAE

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CrowdStrike accepting the @PwnieAwards for most epic fail at @defcon. Class act. pic.twitter.com/e7IgYosHAE

However, he accepted the award because he acknowledged the big mistakes the company had made, and made sure something like that would not happen again in the future.

"Obviously this is not an award to be proud of. I think the team was very surprised when I said I would take it. Because we were wrong, we've said it several times, and it's very important to admit it when you do something good, it's very important to admit it when you do something wrong," said Sentonas in his speech via video footage circulating on X.

Not only that, Sentonas also said it would bring the trophy back to CrowdStrice HQ and display it in a striking place, as a reminder that the company's main goal is to protect many people.

"Our goal is to protect people, and we are wrong, and I want to make sure everyone understands that things like this should not happen," he said further.

Public response to Sentonas' remarks appeared to be greeted with great enthusiasm. Because by acknowledging the failure in public, CrowdStrice aims to demonstrate its commitment to accountability and future improvements.