described that the Commonwealth Bank and Qantas Airlines were the first to report the effects of the Microsoft and Crowdstrike outages in Australia and New Zealand. Customers were unable to transfer money, and flights at Sydney Airport were significantly delayed.
Australia and New Zealand grapple with fallout from technology failure
There is no suggestion the outage was a cybersecurity incident, according to the office of Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness. “We are aware of a significant technical outage that has affected a number of businesses and services across Australia this afternoon,” it said in a statement.
“Our current information indicates that this outage is related to a technical issue with a third-party software platform,” it added. The coordinator’s office did not say which Microsoft or Crowdstrike were affected. Reuters also reported that a spokesman for New Zealand’s parliament said the outage affected its state computer systems.
Media and Store Outage: “Crowdstrike and Microsoft Issues Are Disrupting Our Systems”
The ABC and Sky News Australia reported a major network outage. “Our computers, our systems are down, everything that is causing Sky News and many other major companies across the country to be down,” correspondent Tom Connell said on air.
Telstra has also been hit by problems. “As with many other organisations, the global issues with Crowdstrike and Microsoft are disrupting some of our systems,” a spokesman said. Payment system error messages have also been reported at Sydney grocery chain Harris Farm.
Source: Gazeta
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