Crowdstrike Update:
CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This was not a cyberattack.
The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed.
We further recommend organizations ensure they’re communicating with CrowdStrike representatives through official channels.
Our team is fully mobilized to ensure the security and stability of CrowdStrike customers.
We understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption. We are working with all impacted customers to ensure that systems are back up and they can deliver the services their customers are counting on.
We assure our customers that CrowdStrike is operating normally and this issue does not affect our Falcon platform systems. If your systems are operating normally, there is no impact to their protection if the Falcon sensor is installed.
There’s lots of discussion online about the possible cause of the outage.
We do know that Microsoft has reported a major technical outage affecting operations across the world.
The company said it was investigating issues with its cloud services in the US which had caused the grounding and cancellation of several flights.
Microsoft said its outage started at about 6pm ET on Thursday (8am Friday AEST), with a subset of its customers experiencing issues with multiple Azure services in the Central US region.
Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides services for building, deploying, and managing applications and services.
Separately, Microsoft said it was investigating an issue impacting various Microsoft 365 apps and services.
There are reports of IT outages affecting major institutions in Australia and internationally.
Multiple companies including Multi Nationals are experiencing a major network outage, along with several other media outlets.
Crowd-sourced website Downdetector is listing outages for Woolworths, KFC, Foxtel, National Australia Bank and Bendigo Bank.
Universities, law firms, Bunnings, blood donation services, banks and supermarkets are among the places where readers are reporting experiencing outages.
All NSW government departments, including police and fire and rescue have been affected.
Triple-0 is still working.
A raft of Australian businesses have been hit with IT issues, causing servers and computer systems to crash.
Several companies appear to be impacted, including banking, media, and airline networks across the country.
ABC, SBS and Sky computer systems crashed this afternoon, interrupting programming.
Qantas has also been affected, with the boarding of some flights delayed.
Shortly before 4pm, an Airservices Australia spokesperson said air traffic management services are unaffected at this stage.
