Crowdstrike President and CTO Michael Sentonas was in person at Def Con to accept the “Most Epic Fail” trophy after a disastrous update broke millions of PCs.

In mid-July, part of the world suddenly came to a standstill. A Crowdstrike update destroyed Windows PCs worldwide, including those at NMBS and Brussels Airport. On the same day, a workaround was introduced for IT teams to get PCs working again. Four days later, a recovery tool followed that solved everything at the push of a button.

All details about the error can still be found today in the recovery portal that Crowdstrike set up to help as many victims as possible. According to reports, more than 8.5 million Windows PCs were affected by the faulty update. In total, the crash would cost the global economy more than 5 billion US dollars.

Crowdstrike’s CEO and founder has publicly apologized for the mistake several times. Crowdstrike’s CTO and President, Michael Sentonas, went a step further and attended the Def Con conference, an annual event that celebrates successes in the security world and also brings disasters to light.

Crowdstrike took first place and received the famous “Pwnie Award” in the “Most Epic Fail” category.

Sentonas stresses that he is “not proud to receive this trophy.” Nevertheless, he accepted it personally. “The trophy will have a prominent place in our headquarters. Every employee will look at it when they come to work.”