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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 […]

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 […]

Russia Brags Sanctions Helped It Avoid Microsoft Crash

Russia’s Ministry of Digital Communications said on Friday: Thanks to Russia’s resistance to Western sanctions, the global IT outage did not affect Russian airlines or banks. “At present, we have not received any reports of system failures at Russian airports,” the ministry said. Claimed. “The Microsoft situation reaffirms the importance of import substitution of foreign […]

Why is the internet down? What to know about the global Microsoft outage

An unprecedented global IT outage caused worldwide chaos on Friday morning, leaving passengers stranded in airports, television stations off the air and banks unable to serve customers. CrowdStrike, a major cybersecurity provider, released a flawed software update that dealt a major blow to users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, causing many of their computers to […]

Global IT Outages Linked to Microsoft, CrowdStrike Cause Widespread Disruption

A widespread IT outage linked to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has caused significant disruptions to businesses and services around the world that use Microsoft software, affecting banks, airports, TV stations, hotels and many other industries. Wired Reports Early on Friday morning, businesses using Microsoft’s Windows operating system began experiencing widespread technical issues, […]