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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Delta Air Lines Files Lawsuit Against Crowdstrike, Seeks $500M

Delta Air Lines has sued cyber firm CrowdStrike for the July software update that caused flight disruptions.

In July, CrowdStrike pushed a Falcon update that contained a defect for Windows hosts, causing the systems of a wealth of major organisations like Woolworths, Coles, Service NSW, Visa, and many more.

Additionally, a large number of major airlines suffered outages, causing flights to be delayed or cancelled. For Delta Air Lines alone, 7,000 flights were disrupted, 1.3 million travellers had their plans disrupted, and losses exceeded US$500 million, with the company saying over the five-day period alone, it estimated to have lost US$380 million.

Read the rest of the story at cyberdaily.

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