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On the morning after a day of massive, countrywide outages for Verizon customers, the telecom giant has offered an apology and a little bit of credit to address the loss of service.

In an announcement posted on social media, Verizon announced that customers affected by the downed services can cash in on a $20 credit voucher. According to the company, that amount should cover multiple days of

Verizon has confirmed that the extreme service outage was not caused by a cybersecurity breach but was some kind of software problem. Details are still being reported.

"This was a software issue and we are conducting a full review of what happened. As of now, there is no indication that this was a cyber security issue," the telecom giant said in a statement sent to Mashable.

• Over 170,000 Verizon customers reported a service outage on Wednesday.
• The outages lasted more than 9 hours.
• Verizon said it will provide affected customers with a $20 account credit.

Verizon is offering an account credit after a service outage affected tens of thousands of

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