{"id":112262,"date":"2024-07-19T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T06:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=112262"},"modified":"2024-07-19T17:05:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:35:35","slug":"millions-hit-by-it-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/millions-hit-by-it-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions Hit By IT Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UPDATE, 5:03pm: Mass IT outage is not thought to be a cyber attack as a national emergency group prepares to meet in Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a government spokesperson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Government is working closely with the National Cyber Security Coordinator on this unfolding outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We understand Triple-0 services are currently not affected by this outage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The information as it stands is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Cyber Security Coordinator has said, there is no information to suggest this is a cyber security incident and they are continuing to engage across key stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Emergency Mechanism group will meet shortly, co-chaired by the National Emergency Management Agency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of people across Australia have been caught up in a major IT outage impacting banks, airlines, police and media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to News Ltd:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 3pm on Friday, computers across the country began shutting down with multiple workers reporting issues with multiple different businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue comes from a &#8220;bluescreen error&#8221; which is a result of a Crowdstrike outage, with servers and devices getting stuck in &#8220;boot loops&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IT issues are also affecting other countries, with outages reported from New Zealand, Japan and India.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FIVEAA broadcast is currently available via analogue radio only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Facebook and YouTube live streams are also currently running:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FIVEAA1395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">youtube.com\/@FIVEAA1395<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A major worldwide tech outage, believed to have been caused by a flawed anti-viral update from US cyber security company CrowdStrike, has plunged many of the world&#39;s largest companies into crisis and prevented Australian newsrooms from publishing the news.\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNewsAust\/status\/1814180405702181159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft Reports Major Service Outage Affecting Users Worldwide <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LAsf7qfCut\">https:\/\/t.co\/LAsf7qfCut<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJbusiness\/status\/1814173561185001655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stock image | Adobe<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE, 5:03pm: Mass IT outage is not thought to be a cyber attack as a national emergency group prepares to meet in Australia. 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