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-- Elon Musk is already blaming diversity initiatives for the massive
CrowdStrike global tech outage

Systems used by businesses around the world have been shut down by a
botched update from CrowdStrike
By
William Gavin

Elon Musk wasted no time in finding a convenient scapegoat for the
global IT outage caused by a botched software update from cybersecurity
firm CrowdStrike.

“Not very ‘bright’ right now, is it?” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter,
Friday morning in reply to a more than two years old post from
CrowdStrike. In that post, the Austin, Texas-based firm said it was
proud to be a “Gold Partner” of recruiting company Bright Network’s
panel on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

It’s an on-brand pivot for the Tesla CEO, who has made diversity
initiatives a frequent target for his criticism.

Tesla dropped language referencing diversity from its annual shareholder
report just weeks after Musk tweeted that DEI is “just another word for
racism.” The billionaire has also been criticized for claiming that
Boeing’s issues with the 737 Max 9 were caused by hiring too many
non-white pilots and factory workers.

In an interview with former CNN host Don Lemon in March, Musk accused
Duke University of “literally” lowering its standards for students to
promote more diverse candidates, although he could not provide any
evidence for his assertion. Duke has said it has not lowered its
standards and continues to rely on GPA and MCAT scores.

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On Friday morning, businesses across the world — including banks,
airlines, retailers, and hospitals — began reporting that their systems
were down. CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to more
than half of Fortune 500 companies, said a defect in an update for
Microsoft’s Windows operating system was the cause.

“CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect
found in a single content update for Windows hosts,” CrowdStrike CEO
George Kurtz wrote on X Friday morning. “This is not a security incident
or cyberattack.”

Kurtz later told the Today Show that CrowdStrike is “deeply sorry” to
anyone impacted by the issues, including customers and travelers. A fix
for the issues has been deployed and the firm is working with customers
to ensure systems come back online.

On Friday, Musk wrote on X, which he owns, that “we just deleted
CrowdStrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all,” in reply to
another user commenting on the incidents.

It’s unclear which of his businesses Musk is referring to. In addition
to Tesla and X, Musk leads aerospace firm SpaceX, tunneling and
construction company The Boring Co., brain chip implant startup
Neuralink, and artificial intelligence startup xAI.

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