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'Large-scale' IT outage hits companies worldwide

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SYDNEY, Australia — A major outage wrought havoc on global computer systems on Friday, grounding flights in the United States, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications 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.Flights were suspended at Berlin Brandenburg airport in Germany due to a 'technical problem,' a spokeswoman told AFP.

'Some self-checkout terminals at one of Australia's largest supermarket chains were rendered useless, displaying blue error messages.New Zealand media said banks and computer systems inside the country's parliament were reporting issues.Australian telecommunications firm Telstra suggested the outages were caused by 'global issues' plaguing software provided by Microsoft and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.

 

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