The antivirus platform has acknowledged that a bug in an update was to blame for Fridayβs global Windows 10 outage
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that his companies stopped using web/cloud-based antivirus platform CrowdStrike in the wake of Fridayβs global Windows 10 outage. The cyber-security firm has admitted that the massive failures were caused by a recent update that conflicted with Microsoft systems.
The IT meltdown affected Windows 10 users around the world, including airports, banks, and broadcasters. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, at least 4,295 flights were grounded globally due to the outage. The worldwide glitch also hit a number of media outlets, including the UK-based Sky News β which went off the air for a while β as well as the Australian-based ABC, SBS, Channel 7, Channel 9, and News Corp Australia.
Responding to a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, Musk wrote: βWe just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems.β
