Oh, Boies, here we go again
Delta Air Lines lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this month – and it has hired a high-powered law firm to claw some of those lost funds back, potentially from the Falcon maker and Microsoft itself.For those who don't recognize Boies's name, you'll likely be aware of his work – and so will Microsoft.
Microsoft hasn't responded to questions either, while CrowdStrike only told us it was"aware of the reporting, but have no knowledge of a lawsuit and have no further comment."There doesn't appear to have been a lawsuit filed against CrowdStrike and Microsoft by Delta, but it makes sense that the company would hire such a high-profile lawyer in the matter.
CrowdStrike's Ts&Cs limit its liability only to refunding customer money paid for services rendered, and excludes any obligation to refund customers for losses due to interrupted service or other problems. Speaking to Business Insider, lawyer Elizabeth Burgin Wallershortly after the outage that some large companies may have negotiated additional coverage from CrowdStrike, but those contracts typically aren't public.
Delta is likely trying anything it can do right now to get government regulators off its case, and shifting blame onto CrowdStrike and Microsoft is likely first on its list of strategies. The US Department of Transportation opened anDelta, said Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, took way longer than other affected airlines to recover.
"Most of those airlines recovered and got back to normal within a couple of days. Delta, on the other hand, still not back to normal," ButtigiegCybercrooks spell trouble with typosquatting domains amid CrowdStrike crisis
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