Musk states: ‘We just deleted CrowdStrike from all our systems’
The antivirus platform has admitted that a bug in a recent update caused Friday’s worldwide Windows 10 outage. Read the full article at RT.com.
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The antivirus platform has admitted that a recent update was responsible for the widespread disruption experienced by Windows 10 users across the globe last Friday.
In response to the massive outage, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, announced that his firms have discontinued using the cloud-based antivirus service provided by CrowdStrike. According to Musk, the disruption was caused by the cybersecurity firm's latest update, which interfered with Microsoft's operating systems.
The chaos affected several major sectors worldwide, impacting airports, banks, and media outlets. Flight operations were significantly hindered, with aviation analytics firm Cirium reporting that about 4,295 flights were unable to take off due to the software issue. Media organizations like Sky News in the UK and others in Australia including ABC, SBS, Channel 7, Channel 9, and News Corporation Australia experienced significant disruptions.
Amid the crisis, Musk took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express his company's decisive action, stating: “We just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems.”
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's executive chairman and CEO, also weighed in on X, pinpointing the fault in the CrowdStrike update and noting Microsoft's ongoing efforts to resolve the issue. He mentioned, "customers [with] technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online.”
Musk responded to Nadella’s statement with a critique of its impact on industry, remarking, “This gave a seizure to the automotive supply chain.”
In a different reaction, Musk labeled the event as the “biggest IT fail ever” in a comment on a Financial Times article discussing the outage. Further discussing the incident, he echoed sentiments from Christopher Stanley, head of security engineering at X and a principal security engineer at SpaceX. Stanley had called the incident a "wake up reminder that you shouldn’t have an internet connected privileged binary running on your production systems,” highlighting the risks of such dependencies.
Musk agreed, noting, “What was a bad update could have easily been a massive adversary backdoor. A third party vendor will always be the weakest link.”
George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, expressed regret over the situation during an NBC interview, stating, “We’re deeply sorry for the impact that we’ve caused to customers, to travelers, to anyone affected.” He reassured that the company had quickly identified the problem and that systems were returning to normal as they were restarted. Kurtz also mentioned that CrowdStrike is actively assisting customers in resuming their regular operations.
James del Carmen for TROIB News
In response to the massive outage, Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, announced that his firms have discontinued using the cloud-based antivirus service provided by CrowdStrike. According to Musk, the disruption was caused by the cybersecurity firm's latest update, which interfered with Microsoft's operating systems.
The chaos affected several major sectors worldwide, impacting airports, banks, and media outlets. Flight operations were significantly hindered, with aviation analytics firm Cirium reporting that about 4,295 flights were unable to take off due to the software issue. Media organizations like Sky News in the UK and others in Australia including ABC, SBS, Channel 7, Channel 9, and News Corporation Australia experienced significant disruptions.
Amid the crisis, Musk took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express his company's decisive action, stating: “We just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems.”
Satya Nadella, Microsoft's executive chairman and CEO, also weighed in on X, pinpointing the fault in the CrowdStrike update and noting Microsoft's ongoing efforts to resolve the issue. He mentioned, "customers [with] technical guidance and support to safely bring their systems back online.”
Musk responded to Nadella’s statement with a critique of its impact on industry, remarking, “This gave a seizure to the automotive supply chain.”
In a different reaction, Musk labeled the event as the “biggest IT fail ever” in a comment on a Financial Times article discussing the outage. Further discussing the incident, he echoed sentiments from Christopher Stanley, head of security engineering at X and a principal security engineer at SpaceX. Stanley had called the incident a "wake up reminder that you shouldn’t have an internet connected privileged binary running on your production systems,” highlighting the risks of such dependencies.
Musk agreed, noting, “What was a bad update could have easily been a massive adversary backdoor. A third party vendor will always be the weakest link.”
George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike, expressed regret over the situation during an NBC interview, stating, “We’re deeply sorry for the impact that we’ve caused to customers, to travelers, to anyone affected.” He reassured that the company had quickly identified the problem and that systems were returning to normal as they were restarted. Kurtz also mentioned that CrowdStrike is actively assisting customers in resuming their regular operations.
James del Carmen for TROIB News
