🇦🇺MICROSOFT CLOUD FAILURE CAUSES MASSIVE IT OUTAGE
A major IT issue is affecting banks and airlines in Australia due to problems with Microsoft's cloud services, causing widespread delays.
The issue appears to have been caused by a piece of software developed by a company called CrowdStrike.
Cybersecurity expert Dr Shaanan Cohney:
"It's a computer security vendor that provides a monitoring service to large enterprises so they can see on computers within their control if there's any indications of suspicious activity or things that would require a security alert or to lock down the computer.
However, because it's in such a privileged position, if something goes wrong with it, if there's a programming mistake, it has the capability to bring down the entire computer.
If someone makes the wrong type of mistake, it can bring the whole system down."
Source: ABC News