CEO says CrowdStrike is ‘open’ to a resolution with Delta after legal threat [Video]

In a Thursday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the cybersecurity company is open to finding a resolution with Delta, which threatened legal action after a massive July outage allegedly cost the airline millions.

“If, you know, folks could sit down, have a business conversation around this and try to come to a resolution, obviously we’re open to that,” Kurtz said. “Delta’s a customer, and like any customer, you want to try to get this resolved in the, in the most expeditious way, and we’re certainly willing and open to do that.”

A faulty update from CrowdStrike led to an outage one expert referred to as “the largest IT outage in history” and affected businesses across the world, including Delta. The airline claimed the outage and resulting flight cancelations cost the company more than $550 million. Delta CEO Ed Bastien told CNBCearlier this month that the airline has “no choice” but to seek …