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Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations

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Delta asks for damages to cover over $500 million in losses, along with litigation costs and punitive damages.

The airline said CrowdStrike 's software flaws reached its computers even though it had disabled automatic updates.

The outage in July brought down millions of computers and prompted 7,000 flight cancellations.

CrowdStrike has apologized and committed to changing its practices to prevent similar events.

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