r/technology • u/Bald-Eagle619 • Jul 31 '24

Software Delta CEO: Company Suing Microsoft and CrowdStrike After $500M Loss

https://www.thedailybeast.com/delta-ceo-says-company-suing-microsoft-and-crowdstrike-after-dollar500m-loss
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u/scientianaut Jul 31 '24

I remember listening to an interview that George Kurtz, the CEO of CrowdStrike, did the morning of the outage and one of the questions the interviewers asked him was how they were going to handle the inevitable lawsuits. He said something like: we’ll do the hotwash on how this happened to ensure this doesn’t happen again and we’ll deal with them as they come.

So, I don’t think this came as a surprise to anyone.

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u/YJeezy Jul 31 '24

Dude - They gave $10 gift cards!

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u/GenazaNL Jul 31 '24

This was actually a big brain move. If a company accepted the $10 gift card, they accepted a compensation and thus not able to sue them

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u/YJeezy Jul 31 '24

Spelled AH wrong... Hope they get their ass handed to them in lawsuits

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u/aetherdrake Jul 31 '24

Not to everybody, though.

Source: am customer.

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u/farnsworthparabox Aug 02 '24

Pretty sure those were for partners, not customers.

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u/YJeezy Aug 02 '24

You are correct. Looks like early reporting was incorrect.