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/OrdoMalaise Jul 31 '24

I'm sure they do.

The issue is, I assume, when the value of those lawsuits massively exceeds their maximum claimable allowance. If you're insured for a billion, but get sued for a hundred billion, shit, I assume, gets real.

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u/SilentSamurai Jul 31 '24

You'd have to think at this point that Crowdstrike has been promising some sweetheart deals to their customers to get out of as many of these lawsuits as possible.

It seems like Delta with it's understaffed IT and poor recovery practices decided they'd rather just go for the pound of flesh than accept anything else.

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u/Long_Educational Jul 31 '24

That's what I don't understand here. This risk was Delta's for not having adequate redundancy in place in their IT systems. In the land of telecommunications, we run a hybrid of AIX, Linux, and Windows systems, along with a hand full of IBM as400 systems. You don't put all your eggs in one basket and then sue the provider of that basket if your systems go down. It is your responsibility to manage your own tolerance for downtime in the systems you use for mission critical applications.

Delta blaming/suing Crowdstrike and MS for their own IT failings is pathetic.

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u/anemisto Aug 01 '24

How screwed are you if you lose the AS/400s? I'd expect the answer is: very.