Cyber outage hits government, media, telcos in Australia, New Zealand

English Español Français العربية Русский

RSS Newsletters

Radio TV

LANGUAGE
English Español Français العربية Русский Documentary CCTV+

Radio TV

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.

I agree

A cyber outage related to an issue at global cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike and Microsoft hit media, retailers, banks, airlines and telecoms companies across Australia and New Zealand on Friday.

Australia's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank, said some customers had been unable to transfer money due to the service outage. National airline Qantas and the Sydney airport said planes were delayed but still flying.

The Victorian state police said some internal systems had been hit by the outage, but emergency services were operating normally. The output of a number of media companies was also disrupted.

There was no information to suggest the outage was a cyber security incident, the office of Michelle McGuinness, Australia's national cyber security coordinator, said in a post on X.

A spokesperson for New Zealand's parliament said its computer systems had also been affected.

State broadcaster ABC said it was experiencing a "major network outage" without specifying a reason.