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The CEO of Delta said CrowdStrike cost the airline $500 million in 5 days
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian has said the airline is looking into legal action against cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike after a software update caused a massive outage on Microsoft Windows. Bastian said Delta was dependent on both CrowdStrike and Microsoft. He added that the airline was forced to cancel over 5,000 flights as a result of…
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The Department of Transportation is investigating Delta’s flight delays and cancelations
US carrier Delta Air Lines has cancelled several flights due to global software glitch that occurred on Friday. “We remain entirely focused on restoring our operation after cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike’s faulty Windows update rendered IT systems across the globe inoperable,” the airline said in a statement. It added that teams are constantly working to get…
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The huge Microsoft Outage has taken down computers around the world
Microsoft on Friday fixed a flaw in the update for its Windows operating system that led to “blue screens of death” on Friday. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that the issue had been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. The issue was caused by a “defect” in the code the company released for…
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Microsoft’s global outage is disrupting flights and banking
Several countries, including Australia, were hit by the global tech outage on Friday. Several banks and airlines in Australia suffered outages on Crowdstrike’s Falcon Sensor platform. A US-based hospital, Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital, said it was back to being operational on Saturday after cancelling non-urgent surgeries and other appointments on Friday because of the outage.
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What happened with CrowdStrike?
The software company that is blamed for the global software outage, US-based CrowdStrike, has helped investigate cyberattacks on Sony Pictures and the Democratic National Committee in 2015 and 2016. Founded in 2011, CrowdStrike helps detect threats, helps companies find and prevent security breeches. The company claims to have the “fastest mean time to detect threats”.
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It took down computers around the world with the help of Microsoft
The worldwide outage of Windows 10 on Friday was caused by a software update released by CrowdStrike, CEO George Kurtz said on Friday. Kurtz also apologised for the damage the update had caused. The US Federal Aviation Administration said that flights from Delta, United, and American Airlines are grounded due to a “communication issue”.