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Kevin Okemwa

Delta CEO says Microsoft is "probably the most fragile platform" after it lost "half a billion dollars in five days" during the CrowdStrike outage

What you need to know

  • Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says the CrowdStrike outage that toppled Microsoft's services cost the airline $500 million.
  • The executive says the incident has forced him to rethink the airline's partnership with Microsoft and CrowdStrike while touting Apple's apparent 'immunity' to repeated outages.
  •  The airline is seeking damages amounting to $500 million from Microsoft and CrowdStrike. However, the former has only offered free IT consultation advice, while the latter touted $10 Uber Eats gift cards for those affected.
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