A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems across Australia and New Zealand on Friday, causing travel delays, hampering television broadcasts, and forcing supermarket systems offline.
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A man takes a picture of the blue screen at self-checkout terminals of a supermarket in Sydney on July 19, 2024. A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems across Australia, with the country's national broadcaster, its largest international airport and a major telecommunications company reporting issues. Saeed KHAN / AFP
Mariyath Mohamed
2024-07-19 13:09:38
A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems across Australia and New Zealand on Friday, causing travel delays, hampering television broadcasts, and forcing supermarket systems offline.
Australia's National Cyber Security Coordinator said the "large-scale technical outage" was caused by an issue with a "third-party software platform", allaying initial fears of hacker involvement.
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