Delta Air Lines wants to sue CrowdStrike and Microsoft for damages after losing hundreds of millions of dollars due to disruptions to operations from extensive outages linked to the two companies earlier this month.
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A source familiar with the matter said the company has hired prominent attorney David Boies, president of Boies Schiller Flexner, to pursue potential damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft. The news was first reported by CNBC. The law firm declined to comment, and Delta said it had nothing further to add.
Companies around the world were affected when a faulty CrowdStrike software update on July 19 caused Microsoft Windows, crippling operations across the globe in sectors ranging from transportation to healthcare and finance.
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The CrowdStrike outage temporarily froze airlines, but Delta Air Lines was hit hardest. Its operations were down for nearly a week, while rival carriers were able to get back up and running after a day or two.
Delta's chief information officer, Rahul Samant , explained in a video briefing to customers last week that 60% of the airline's " most critical applications are on Microsoft Windows and 'all of them were rendered inoperable' on the morning of the outage. "
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The network outage caused by CrowdStrike led to more than 2,200 flight cancellations on July 19, and Delta Air Lines has canceled more than 6,000 flights so far since then. According to CNBC, Delta is now facing more than 176,000 refund or compensation requests , and the outage is estimated to have cost the airline up to $500 million.
Source: foxbusiness
