Delta hit with class-action lawsuit from passengers over refunds following CrowdStrike outage
Daniel Shay, VP of Options at Simpler Trading and Delta analyst, discusses the outlook for airline stocks and tech stocks following the IT outage. A group of passengers affected by Delta’s mass flight cancellations caused by last month’s Crowdstrike outage are suing the airline, claiming the airline has not provided refunds as requested. The class […]
Microsoft blames Delta Airlines for failing to recover quickly after global outage
Microsoft on Tuesday criticized Delta Airlines after it struggled for days to recover from a global cyber outage that caused the cancellation of more than 6,000 flights. The flight disruptions left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded and cost Atlanta-based airlines an estimated $500 million in losses. Delta CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC last week […]
Israeli Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for Wi-Fi Outage in Iran
A group of Israeli hackers calling themselves “We Red Evils Original” (usually written as “WeRedEvils”) claimed responsibility for causing a widespread Wi-Fi outage in Iran on Thursday. “We will attack Iran’s internet systems and providers within minutes. A serious blow is imminent,” the group said. Said The post was made on messaging app Telegram on […]
Delta CEO says global tech outage cost airline $500M
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the recent global technology outage caused the airline to experience widespread flight delays and cancellations, costing the company $500 million. “This cost $500 million,” Bastian said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Over the course of five days, we lost tens of millions of dollars a day in lost […]
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 […]