Delta Wants CrowdStrike To Pay For $500M Meltdown Loss

July 31, 2024 at 09:52 EDT By Spencer Howard

Thrifty Traveler: "Delta is bracing for a $500 million financial hit from its historic meltdown, CEO Ed Bastian said on Wednesday. But even after canceling more than 5,000 flights long after other carriers resumed flying smoothly, Bastian continued to pin the blame squarely on the global CrowdStrike outage earlier this month."

"The goal is clear: Delta wants CrowdStrike to foot that $500 million bill. Bastian confirmed that Delta is preparing to sue the cybersecurity provider."

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