They didn't, it just needed a restart. From the first reports the first car's software genuinely glitched out because of the new track/rain/etc and had to be restarted, the other cars got anti-traction control triggered because going this slow for this long unspools the turbo, which got so bad the detection software made a false positive.
I mean, the article literally says a firmware update was deployed mid race to remove power limits, is the article wrong?
there's no traction control or other driver-assistance aids (ABS etc) in f1 cars