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2024 CrowdStrike incident

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The Blue Screen of Death, which has commonly appeared on devices impacted by the global outage

Outages of IT systems are currently being experienced worldwide.

Cause

American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has said that they were the cause of the issues.[1]

Impacts

Australia

Australian media firms affected by the issues include ABC, SBS, Seven Network and Nine Network.[2]

New Zealand

Businesses operating in New Zealand experiencing issues include ANZ, ASB, Kiwibank and Westpac banks, Woolworths, and Auckland Transport's HOP card.[3]

United States

A ground stop was issued by United, Delta and American Airlines. Flights in the air will remain there, but no new flights will take off.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "United, Delta and American Airlines issue global ground stop on all flights". ABC News. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Massive outage hits companies around the world". news.com.au. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Live: Banks, stores, airport reporting issues amid global IT issues". 1 News. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.