Days after Delta Air Lines sued cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike for $500 million in losses that it attributes to the vendor’s outage, CrowdStrike countersued its customer. CyberDaily reports CrowdStrike’s statement, previously reported by The Times of India, but adds CrowdStrike’s counterclaim that Delta delayed its own recovery by refusing assistance from it and its partner, Microsoft:
“We have filed for a declaratory judgment to make it clear that CrowdStrike did not cause the harm that Delta claims, and they repeatedly refused assistance from both CrowdStrike and Microsoft,” it said.
“Any claims of gross negligence and willful misconduct have no basis in fact.”
Microsoft has also previously joined its partner CrowdStrike in saying that the fault was with Delta Air Lines and not the cyber firm.
“Microsoft continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the CrowdStrike incident to understand why other airlines were able to fully restore business operations so much faster than Delta, including American Airlines and United Airlines,” said lawyer Mark Cheffo.
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