Delta to seek compensation from Microsoft, CrowdStrike over global outage
Delta Air Lines has hired a law firm to seek compensation from Microsoft and CrowdStrike over the global cyber outage that disrupted air travel around the world earlier this month. CNBC reported: Monday. The Atlanta-based airline has been the slowest of any major U.S. airline to recover after a technical outage that caused the cancellation […]
Elderly man missing after CrowdStrike outage led to flight cancellation
Her 83-year-old father has been missing for a week after a CrowdStrike glitch caused his flight home to be canceled, authorities said. Patrick Bailey Sr. had been planning to return home to Northern California last Sunday after visiting his sister in Orlando, Florida, but his Delta flight was canceled due to a computer update by […]
Elderly man missing after CrowdStrike outage led to flight cancellation
Her 83-year-old father has been missing for a week after a CrowdStrike glitch caused his flight home to be canceled, authorities said. Patrick Bailey Sr. had been planning to return home to Northern California last Sunday after visiting his sister in Orlando, Florida, but his Delta flight was canceled due to a computer update by […]
CrowdStrike offers $10 apology gift cards after global tech outage
(News Nation) — CrowdstrikeIt was first reported that the cybersecurity firm that crashed millions of computers around the world last week is offering its partners $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology. Industry magazine TechCrunch. in Email posted on social media platform XCrowdStrike reportedly said it was aware of the “additional work” that was […]
Delta could take $500M profit hit after Crowdstrike outage: analyst
Wall Street analysts say last week’s global CrowdStrike outage could take a $500 million hit to Delta Air Lines’ current quarter profits. Citi Research aviation analyst Steven Trent slashed his third-quarter profit forecast for the Atlanta-based airline by more than $500 million due to the meltdown, which is still causing flight delays and cancellations this […]
CrowdStrike sends $10 Uber Eats gift cards as apology for global IT meltdown: report
CrowdStrike will reportedly offer customers $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for the disastrous software update that caused a global tech meltdown last week. On Friday, a CrowdStrike glitch caused millions of computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system to experience a “blue screen of death,” rendering them unable to boot. CrowdStrike is […]
Microsoft to take hit as Fortune 500 suffers $5.4B in CrowdStrike losses: study
U.S. Fortune 500 companies excluding Microsoft are facing losses of $5.4 billion due to last week’s CrowdStrike outage, and Microsoft’s losses will add hundreds of millions more to the total. Cloud Insurance Company Parametrics Wednesday. A global technology outage caused by a faulty update to CrowdStrike security software crashed Microsoft Windows computers on Friday, forcing […]
CrowdStrike explains bug that caused global tech meltdown
CrowdStrike’s flawed software update that caused a global computer meltdown last week was sent because a bug caused the company’s quality control system to miss the flawed data, the cybersecurity giant acknowledged on Wednesday. Last Friday, airlines, hospitals, banks and a variety of other businesses were crippled as a result of a disastrous software update […]
Republicans question CrowdStrike outage impact on Arizona election systems
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is questioning local election officials in Arizona about how last week’s CrowdStrike outage affected voting centers in the state. The RNC, the Arizona Republican Party and the Trump campaign’s election integrity division I sent a letter “We are visiting Arizona counties to ask for an explanation of whether CrowdStrike’s global […]
U.S. Officials Investigating Delta Air Lines in Wake of Massive CrowdStrike IT Outage
Government authorities are investigating Delta Airlines following the recent CrowdStrike IT outage which caused massive disruption to the airline industry and other industries around the world. US Department of Transportation investigating Delta after flight cancellations, delays, Spectrum News 1 report on tuesday. In a social media post on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said: Said“U.S. […]