Elon Musk Bashes CrowdStrike After Massive Outage Impacts Businesses Across The Globe, Demolishes DEI Program
Elon Musk took a number of swipes at CrowdStrike after an error in a software update led to perhaps the largest IT outage of all time.
CrowdStrike’s faulty update was mostly fixed by Saturday, after they released a patch that repaired the most intense damage, leading to most services at hospitals, banks, and other businesses running on Microsoft computers being restored to normal use. However, several major airlines continue to work to repair outages.
In response, Musk began replying to a number of jokes and memes at CrowdStrike’s expense, in the immediate aftermath of the crash. He also apparently looked through some of CrowdStrike’s old X posts, finding one from March 2022 in which the company touted its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
“We were proud to be a Gold Partner of @brightnetwork’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Panel,” the company posted in 2022. “Our team shared their career journeys and tips on how we are creating an equitable and inclusive workplace for all.”
Musk simply replied, “Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?”
Musk later informed X users that “we just deleted CrowdStrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all.”
Musk replied to a number of other posts at CrowdStrike’s expense, bashing the company for the crash, and tying it back to other current events, such as the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last weekend.
Musk has been in the news several times over the last week after a number of major announcements, including his endorsement of former President Trump after the assassination attempt.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk posted on X, alongside a video of Trump in the immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination.
Musk, the world’s richest man, later committed to donating an unprecedented $45 million per month to a pro-Trump Super PAC, known as the America PAC.
Musk also swore earlier this week that he would be uprooting his headquarters for X and SpaceX from California and replanting them in Texas, after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB1955 into law, banning public schools from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender.
“This is the final straw,” Musk wrote. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”
In a follow-up post, he confirmed that he would be moving X headquarters to Texas as well. The social media giant has been headquartered in San Francisco since well before Musk purchased it in 2022, while it was still known as Twitter.
CrowdStrike’s faulty update was mostly fixed by Saturday, after they released a patch that repaired the most intense damage, leading to most services at hospitals, banks, and other businesses running on Microsoft computers being restored to normal use. However, several major airlines continue to work to repair outages.
In response, Musk began replying to a number of jokes and memes at CrowdStrike’s expense, in the immediate aftermath of the crash. He also apparently looked through some of CrowdStrike’s old X posts, finding one from March 2022 in which the company touted its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
“We were proud to be a Gold Partner of @brightnetwork’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Panel,” the company posted in 2022. “Our team shared their career journeys and tips on how we are creating an equitable and inclusive workplace for all.”
Musk simply replied, “Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?”
Musk later informed X users that “we just deleted CrowdStrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all.”
Musk replied to a number of other posts at CrowdStrike’s expense, bashing the company for the crash, and tying it back to other current events, such as the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last weekend.
Musk has been in the news several times over the last week after a number of major announcements, including his endorsement of former President Trump after the assassination attempt.
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Musk posted on X, alongside a video of Trump in the immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination.
Musk, the world’s richest man, later committed to donating an unprecedented $45 million per month to a pro-Trump Super PAC, known as the America PAC.
Musk also swore earlier this week that he would be uprooting his headquarters for X and SpaceX from California and replanting them in Texas, after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB1955 into law, banning public schools from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender.
“This is the final straw,” Musk wrote. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”
In a follow-up post, he confirmed that he would be moving X headquarters to Texas as well. The social media giant has been headquartered in San Francisco since well before Musk purchased it in 2022, while it was still known as Twitter.
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