Delta says faulty update resulted in 7,000 flight cancellations, impacting 1.3 million flyers. CrowdStrike rejects the lawsuit, blames airline's IT.

Delta Airlines (DAL) is suing cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Inc. (CRWD) over a faulty software update in July that brought its operations to a halt and affected more than a million customers.In a lawsuit Friday,

Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit Friday against cybersecurity software company CrowdStrike, pointing to the global tech outage in July that caused flight disruptions and significant profit loss for

Delta Air Lines on Friday sued cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike in a Georgia state court after a global outage in July caused mass flight cancellations, disrupted travel plans of 1.3 million customers and cost the carrier more than $500 million.

While Delta did not specify an amount that it is seeking from the company, court documents show the airline lost $500 million from flight cancelations, delays

Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against CrowdStrike for the global Microsoft outage on 19th July accusing it of negligence.

Delta Air Lines is suing the cybersecurity firm that has been blamed for causing a global technology outage this summer.

Delta Air Lines Inc. sued cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. over the chaos caused this summer by a “catastrophic” software update that disabled millions of computers worldwide and grounded much of the airline’s passenger fleet.

The airline is alleging gross negligence by the cybersecurity firm. CrowdStrike said Delta is attempting to shift the blame for outdated systems.

Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.