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Delta Rejects Crowdstrike Criticism, Sees $500M Hit From Cyber Outage

Delta Air Lines, said on Thursday it is pursuing legal claims against CrowdStrike, and Microsoft after a global outage last month caused mass flight cancellations, disrupting travel plans of 1.3 million customers and costing it at least $500 million.

A software update last month by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike triggered system problems for Microsoft customers, including many airlines. The disruptions persisted at Delta even as they subsided the next day at other major U.S. carriers.

The Atlanta-based carrier canceled about 7,000 flights over five days. It also faces an investigation from the U.S. Transportation Department for the disruptions.

Read the rest of the story at Reuters.

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