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Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab halted some production lines in Texas and Nevada due to the global IT outage, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Tesla told its staff Friday morning that it is “currently experiencing an outage with Windows hosts, servers, laptops and manufacturing devices where users are seeing a blue screen on their devices,” according to an internal email reviewed by Reuters.
The tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance before services started coming back online after hours of disruption due a content update by CrowdStrike (CRWD.O), opens new tab for Microsoft Windows hosts.
“We just deleted Crowdstrike from all our systems, so no rollouts at all,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X, without specifying which of his companies had taken action or elaborating on the impact of the outage.
“This gave a seizure, opens new tab to the automotive supply chain,” Musk said, opens new tab in a reply to a post by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the outage.
The automaker sent some production employees home early during the night shift at its Austin, Texas and Sparks, Nevada facilities, the Business Insider report said.
CrowdStrike said it was working with customers impacted by a defect found “in a single content update for Windows hosts.”
Delta cancels more flights after IT outage
Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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