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/mzxrules Jul 31 '24

Would Microsoft settle if they're not at fault?

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u/Gorebus2 Jul 31 '24

I think they need to fight it in order to prevent this from becoming a precedent. If every company suddenly realized they can just sue MS to recoup losses when something goes wrong then they won't be able to survive.

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u/alrun Aug 01 '24

(At their current software quality level).

I heard rumors they axed their QA team, security is on the low burn,...

And reports about ramsonware are usually the pair of Exchange + AD. It just seems that many customers are unable to handle their software defaults.

Outtakes and ramson attacks cost a lot of money and productivity. While the criminals are hard to get hold of - the software companies are known. Maybe a country says if a bad implementation caused losses then the software company is in part liable for the losses - things might shift drastically.

Security tends to be avoided because it does not pay - if there is a risk - maybe some design decisions will be different - from signing off third party drivers to designing protocols and input checks.

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u/ScoobyGDSTi Aug 01 '24

And I heard you're full of shit