"Delta Sues Cybersecurity Firm CrowdStrike Over Tech Outage That Canceled Flights"
Delta Air Lines has recently sued CrowdStrike, claiming the cybersecurity company had cut corners and caused a worldwide technology outage that led to thousands of canceled flights in July. Delta says it is asking for compensation and punitive damages from the outage, which started with a faulty update sent to several million Microsoft computers. Delta said the outage crippled its operations for several days, costing more than $500 million in lost revenue and extra expenses. Crowdstrike responded to the lawsuit by saying that Delta is giving “misinformation,” does not understand cybersecurity, and is trying to shift blame for its slow recovery from the outage. The U.S. Department of Transportation is currently investigating why Delta took longer to recover than other carriers.