, grounding flights in the US, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia.
Spanish airport operator Aena said that all airports in Spain were experiencing “disruptions” from an IT outage that has hit several companies worldwide on July 19. The UK’s biggest rail operator, meanwhile, warned of possible train cancellations due to IT issues, while photos posted online showed large queues forming at Sydney Airport in Australia.
Australia’s national cyber-security coordinator said the “large-scale technical outage” was caused by an issue with a “third-party software platform”, adding there was no information as yet to suggest hacker involvement.Sky News in the UK said the glitch had ended its morning news broadcasts, while Australian broadcaster ABC similarly reported a major “outage”.
Australian telecoms firm Telstra suggested the outages were caused by “global issues” plaguing software provided by Microsoft and cyber-security company CrowdStrike.It was not clear if those were linked to the global outages.
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