CrowdStrike is fighting back against Delta Air Lines' lawsuit stemming from a July cybersecurity incident that caused flight cancellations and stranded passengers. CrowdStrike argues that Delta's lawsuit attempts to circumvent their contract and that Georgia law prevents Delta from converting breach of contract claims into tort claims.
CrowdStrike moved Monday evening to dismiss Delta Air Lines ' lawsuit around the July cybersecurity outage that led to canceled flights. CrowdStrike also argued in its filing that Georgia law prevents Delta from converting a breach of contract into tort claims. The lawsuit around the July cybersecurity outage that led to canceled flights and stranded passengers, arguing that the airline's litigation was an attempt to circumvent the contract between the two companies.
The agreement between CrowdStrike and Delta includes a clause limiting CrowdStrike's liability and a cap on damages, which the cybersecurity provider says Delta is now trying to skirt. CrowdStrike also argued in its filing that Georgia law prevents Delta from converting a breach of contract into tort claims. 'As an initial matter, Georgia's economic loss rule specifically precludes Delta's efforts to recover through tort claims the economic damages it claims to have suffered,' CrowdStrike wrote.Delta said the July cybersecurity outage cost the company more than $500 million in canceled flights, refunds and passenger accommodations. It is seeking to recoup those costs from CrowdStrike through the suit. But the damage done to Delta's reputation as a premium carrier can't yet be quantified, nor has the impact of a Department of Transportation investigation into Delta over the outage. Delta continues to rely on CrowdStrike services following the outage, likely because it is extremely difficult to change cybersecurity providers in systems as large and complicated as Delta's. Still, CrowdStrike said it moved quickly to try and help Delta — offers the cybersecurity company says were rebuffed.'We are good for now,' one message from a Delta executive cited by CrowdStrike read. The cybersecurity company said its executives were in close contact on the day of the outag
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