United Airlines sues cyber firm for $5mn over IT crash
Posted July 30, 2026
United Airlines sued Homesite Insurance Company in federal court in Illinois for $5 million over losses tied to the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage. United says Homesite is the only one of eight cyber insurers in its program to refuse payment after the outage forced the airline to cancel more than 1,600 flights. Homesite has filed its own declaratory judgment action and says it owes nothing under the policy.
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