Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem

Delta Air Lines has filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike seeking roughly $500 million in damages over the July global IT outage, alleging the vendor bypassed testing and pushed a faulty Falcon sensor update that triggered widespread blue screens and thousands of canceled flights. CrowdStrike rejects the allegations, arguing Delta’s antiquated IT infrastructure caused a slow recovery despite offers of assistance, and Microsoft similarly denies responsibility. The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating why Delta’s recovery lagged behind other carriers.