Microsoft reveals cyberattack triggered Azure outage that stalled emails, crashed Starbucks app
Tuesday’s global outage of Microsoft Azure, which affected a wide range of consumer services from reports of Outlook email delays to problems ordering on Starbucks’ mobile app, was caused by a distributed denial-of-service (DoS) cyberattack, the company said. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform used by businesses and organizations around the world. Status Updates […]
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 […]
Delta cancellations, delays from IT outage should end by Thursday: CEO
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday that flight cancellations and delays caused by a major IT outage would continue into Thursday. Thousands of Delta Air Lines flights have been canceled or delayed since a global computer outage caused by security software CrowdStrike last Friday brought much of the airline industry to a halt. […]
Delta meltdown probed by feds as airline struggles days after global outage
The Transportation Department said Tuesday it was opening an investigation into Delta Air Lines after the company canceled more than 5,000 flights since Friday as it struggles to recover from a global cyber outage that has disrupted airlines around the world. While other airlines have been able to resume normal operations, Delta continues to cancel […]
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. […]