Delta says chaos after CrowdStrike outage cost it $550 million

Delta Air Lines recently revealed that a three-day disruption in CrowdStrike’s cyber protection services caused them significant chaos, leading to a loss of approximately $550 million. The outage resulted in a large number of Delta's flights being grounded or delayed due to certain measures taken for security reasons. The occurrence underlines the increasing reliance of corporates on cybersecurity firms like CrowdStrike and the substantial risks businesses face when these protection services suffer from downtime.