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Introduction: Musk said on social media that Crowdstrike has been deleted from all systems.

(Text/Zhou Shengming Editor/Gao Xin)

According to Reuters and other foreign media reports, a failed software update by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused the crash of countless Microsoft Windows computer systems around the world, and the affected computers all showed blue screens and became unusable.

Many industries including airlines, banks, media, and automobile manufacturing have been affected.

The "blue screen" at India's Indira Gandhi International Airport The Verge

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz posted a statement on social media on July 19 saying: "CrowdStrike is actively working with affected customers to resolve a flaw discovered in a content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not affected. This is not a security incident or a cyber attack. The issue has been identified, isolated and the fix has been deployed."

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also explained on social media on July 19: "We are aware of this issue and are working closely with CrowdStrike and all parties in the industry to provide customers with technical guidance and support to safely restore their systems online."

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on the content on July 20: "This has dealt a severe blow to the automotive supply chain."

According to the US media Business Insider, multiple production lines at Tesla factories in the United States were forced to shut down. It is reported that the workers on Thursday night shift at Tesla factories were directly affected. As equipment in some factories began to report errors, Tesla's super factories in Austin, Texas and Nevada all let some workers go off work early.

Tesla subsequently sent out a memo on Friday morning informing employees that the company was affected by a "Windows host outage" that was causing problems for servers, laptops and manufacturing equipment.

On July 20, Musk said on social media: "We have just removed Crowdstrike from all systems, so no deployment is required." However, Musk did not further explain the impact of the incident on Tesla and the current recovery of the production line.

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Separately, Renault was forced to suspend production at its Maubeuge and Dubai plants because suppliers were affected by technical glitches, The Japan Times reported.

After the blue screen accident, on July 19, CrowdStrike's US stocks fell 15% during intraday trading. As of the close, the decline narrowed and closed down 11%, the largest single-day drop since 2022, closing at US$304.96 per share. The latest market value is US$74.2 billion, and nearly US$10 billion evaporated overnight.

CrowdStrike shares plunge as Google

CrowdStrike, which caused the massive computer paralysis accident, was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA. CrowdStrike's business covers more than 170 countries and as of January, the number of employees exceeded 7,900. The vulnerability of the company's product "Falcon" was the core cause of the accident. According to public information, "Falcon" is a platform that integrates multiple security solutions in a cloud manner, including antivirus functions, endpoint protection, threat detection and real-time monitoring, etc.

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