The CrowdStrike outage and Delta's fight over it
Gone quiet · last story Oct 26, 2024
What this arc covers
The July 2024 global IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update, which grounded flights and disrupted banks and media, and the dispute that followed between Delta Air Lines and CrowdStrike over the airline's cancellations, including passengers' suits against Delta and Delta's suit against CrowdStrike.
Earliest story we hold Jul 19, 2024 · 8 stories · 88 independent sources (counted once each) · 99 days
Part ofMedia
Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning
Oct 262024Delta sues cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over tech outage that canceled flights18 articles · 13 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 1 right
Aug 5– 82024Delta passengers sue airline over refund refusals after CrowdStrike meltdown13 articles · 13 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 1 right
Aug 52024CrowdStrike says it isn't to blame for Delta's flight cancellations after July outage22 articles · 15 independent sources2 left, 7 center, 1 right
Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below
- Jul 19 – 20, 2024Massive tech outage causes worldwide disruptions to flights, banks, media outlets - what we know160 articles · 68 independent sources
- Jul 19 – 24, 2024Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage53 articles · 39 independent sources
- Jul 19, 2024What We Learned From the Global Tech Outage Caused by CrowdStrike
- Jul 21, 2024Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage: how a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe
- Jul 24, 2024CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
- Jul 19, 2024What is CrowdStrike? Cybersecurity company at center of global IT outage53 articles · 25 independent sources
- Jul 30 – 31, 2024Delta reportedly seeking potential damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after global IT outages33 articles · 10 independent sources
- Aug 5, 2024CrowdStrike says it isn't to blame for Delta's flight cancellations after July outage22 articles · 15 independent sources
Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side
Jul 15Aug 5Aug 26Sep 9Sep 30Oct 21
LeftCenterRight
Point at or tap a week to see its count by side.
Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2024 | 21 | 40 | 12 | 255 |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 33 |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 35 |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
28% left · 58% center · 14% right of 88 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 8 stories.
Every storyoldest first
July 2024
Jul 19CrowdStrike stock price plummets amid worldwide IT outage16 articles · 7 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 1 right- Jul 19– 24Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage53 articles · 39 independent sources11 left, 13 center, 7 right
- Jul 19What is CrowdStrike? Cybersecurity company at center of global IT outage53 articles · 25 independent sources4 left, 15 center, 1 right
- Jul 19– 20Massive tech outage causes worldwide disruptions to flights, banks, media outlets - what we know160 articles · 68 independent sources15 left, 24 center, 8 right
- Jul 30– 31Delta reportedly seeking potential damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after global IT outages33 articles · 10 independent sources2 left, 6 center, 1 right
August 2024
Aug 5– 8Delta passengers sue airline over refund refusals after CrowdStrike meltdown13 articles · 13 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 1 right- Aug 5CrowdStrike says it isn't to blame for Delta's flight cancellations after July outage22 articles · 15 independent sources2 left, 7 center, 1 right
October 2024
Oct 26Delta sues cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over tech outage that canceled flights18 articles · 13 independent sources1 left, 5 center, 1 right