Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says systems should soon be back online but business groups say companies may need days to recover
Travellers at Melbourne airport were disrupted by a global IT outage caused by Crowdstrike’s cybersecurity software update on Friday.Travellers at Melbourne airport were disrupted by a global IT outage caused by Crowdstrike’s cybersecurity software update on Friday.The home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, says the company at the centre of the world’s largest ever IT outage has told the federal government it is close to an automatic fix which would allow systems to return online.
O’Neil posted on social media on Sunday afternoon that a meeting of federal and state governments and the private sector had been told by Crowdstrike that “that they are now close to rolling out an automatic fix to the issue with their update, as is Microsoft”. “We understand the gravity of this situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption,” it said.
“You can help by making sure vulnerable people, including elderly relatives, are being extra cautious at this time.”
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