Elon Musk has stated that he has halted the use of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Musk’s comment came amidst the fallout of CrowdStrike’s botched software update that caused a global IT outage on Friday.
Musk’s comment was a response to Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis, who noted that CrowdStrike probably does not do staged rollouts. “We just deleted CrowdStrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all,” Musk wrote in his response.
We just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024
Musk did not clarify if CrowdStrike has been deleted from all his companies or if his comment was specific to only a few of his ventures. Musk, after all, is involved in a number of companies including Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, X, and xAI. Among these companies, Tesla and SpaceX are the largest, with the EV maker having a market cap of $749 billion and the private space firm being estimated to have a valuation of over $200 billion.
Musk added some additional context in a follow-up post, stating that “Unfortunately, many of our suppliers and logistics companies use it.” Considering that Tesla is involved in the mass production of electric vehicles and battery storage products and SpaceX is producing rockets and Starlink satellites, it seems safe to infer that Tesla and SpaceX are no longer using CrowdStrike.
Unfortunately, many of our suppliers and logistics companies use it
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology company that specializes in cloud-delivered endpoint protection. Its flagship product, Falcon, is dubbed as a sophisticated cybersecurity platform designed to protect endpoints through a cloud-native architecture, as noted in a TechRadar report. CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz explained the IT outage in a post on X.
“Today was not a security or cyber incident. Our customers remain fully protected. We understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption. We are working with all impacted customers to ensure that systems are back up and they can deliver the services their customers are counting on,” the CrowdStrike CEO wrote.
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