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Costs from Global Outage Could Exceed $1B – But Determining Liability Is Complex
- gnabgib 2y agoCrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4B (169 points, 22 hours ago, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41060158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41060158
- SebFender 2y agoWouldn't be surprised it goes beyond 10B
- sottol 2y agoTerms of Service? "Naturally, we're never liable for any damages we've caused."
- Bluestein 2y agoActually, close, it seems.- Their TOS go as far as a refund (!).- PS. Also, they seem to have a penchant for Uber Eats gift cards. Which, then turn out to have been canceled.-
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- triangletodd 2y agoSomeone wasn't ready for HackerNews traffic.
- DragonMaus 2y agoDetermining liability is actually quite simple and straightforward in this case. Making it stick, however, will turn out to be very complex.
- Bluestein 2y ago> resulted in the cancellation of over 5,000 commercial airline flights worldwide and disrupted businesses from retail sales to package deliveries to hospital procedures, incurring losses in revenue, staff time, and productivity. ... and human lives.-