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CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas recently took the stage at the Pwnie Awards to accept the award for “Most Epic Fail.”

The award, presented at Def Con, recognized the company’s recent technical missteps.

Pwnie Awards organizers said the decision to honor CrowdStrike was made at the last minute.

The recent CrowdStrike outage is still fresh in everyone’s minds as many of us faced the blue screen of death. This outage affected offices, businesses, and even flights. And CrowdStrike had to bear the brunt of it.

Just weeks after that major software update sparked the worldwide IT disaster, CrowdStrike is back in the spotlight in an unexpected way. The cybersecurity company’s president, Michael Sentonas, took the stage at the Pwnie Awards to accept the award for “biggest fail.” The award, presented at Def Con shortly after the Black Hat conference, recognized the company’s recent tech missteps.

Also read: Cybersecurity platform Crowdstrike down worldwide, many users logged out of systems

Despite the mishap, CrowdStrike seemed to handle the situation with humor and humility. At the Black Hat conference, the company had a prominent booth handing out free t-shirts and action figures. A spokesperson told TechCrunch the company’s message to attendees was “gratitude and appreciation for the Black Hat community.”

The footage, shared on-lineSentona’s acceptance speech shows a mix of enthusiasm and support from the crowd. Pwnie Awards organizers explained that the decision to honor CrowdStrike was a last-minute change. The award was presented with a comically large trophy, which drew loud cheers from the crowd.

Also read: CrowdStrike update: What is Blue Screen of Death? The problem affects all Windows computers

Sentonas admitted, “It’s definitely not an award to be proud of.” He acknowledged the company’s mistake, saying, “I think the team was surprised when I said right away that I was getting it.” “Because we got it horribly wrong, we’ve said it multiple times, and it’s super important to own up to it when you do something well, it’s super important to own up to it when you do something horribly wrong.”

Sentonas also announced that he plans to display the trophy at CrowdStrike’s headquarters as a constant reminder of the company’s mission to protect its users. “Our goal is to protect people, and we got that wrong, and I want to make sure everyone understands that this can’t happen,” he said.

This bold admission underscores CrowdStrike’s commitment to responsibility and determination to learn from its mistakes.

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Ayushi Jain

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