Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs

Linux users about to cause a global Kleenex outage.

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Users on the subreddit for cyber security firm Crowdstrike reported issues in India, the United States and New Zealand.

“We are unable to access driver diagrams at certain locations, leading to potential short-notice cancellations, particularly on the Thameslink and Great Northern networks.

Users in Australia began reporting issues early on Friday afternoon AEST, stating they’d been locked out of their workstations, while Australian banking apps and supermarket systems were also affected.

Crowdstrike has reported blue screens of death being observed in multiple locations and say the cause is currently under investigation.

Australia’s national cyber security coordinator, Lt Gen Michelle McGuinness, confirmed government advice suggested it was a third-party software issue.

“Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies.”

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