Microsoft blamed Delta Airlines on Tuesday for its struggle to
recover from a global cyber outage last month. The
days long issue led the airline to cancel more than
6000 flights. A software update in July by global
cyber security firm. Crowdstrike triggered system problems for Microsoft
customers including many airlines. But disruptions eased the next
day at other major US carriers while problems persisted at
Delta. Microsoft said its preliminary review suggested that Delta
had not modernized its it infrastructure unlike its competitors.
Delta hit back saying it had invested billions of dollars
in it capital expenditures since 2016. In addition to
the billions, it spends annually on operating costs last
week. Delta's Ceo Ed Bastian branded Microsoft's platform the
most fragile of the two. The airline relies on
Microsoft has refuted this statement. The flight disruptions stranded
hundreds of thousands of travelers and are estimated to cost
the Atlanta based airline$500 million. Delta is also
facing an investigation from the US Transportation Department for the
disruptions. It has hired a prominent litigator to seek
damages from both crowdstrike and Microsoft, both companies rejected
Delta's claim that crowdstrike should be blamed for the flight
disruptions. And both companies also said they had immediately
offered to assist Delta during the incident. Microsoft said
the US carrier turned them down while crowds strike said
they received no reply.