CrowdStrike moved Monday evening to dismiss Delta Air Lines’ 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. Delta said the July cybersecurity outage cost the company more than $500 million in canceled flights, refunds and passenger accommodations. Still, CrowdStrike said it moved quickly to try and help Delta — offers the cybersecurity company says were rebuffed.

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