A major network outage has affected several Australian institutes, including Commonwealth Bank, Optus and Australia Post.
There are reports of IT outages impacting institutions across Australia including, news outlets, banks and telecommunications. Real-time problem and outage monitoring site Downdetector shows several organisations including Commonwealth Bank, Optus and Australia Post are experiencing disruptions.
The outage appears to be an issue with Crowdstrike, an American cybersecurity technology company. Professor of cybersecurity at Monash University Nigel Phair said while it is too early to know for sure, the major disruptions appear "non-malicious." "Normally you'd think it is a malicious hack, it appears to be an outage or a glitch with the company itself, so non-malicious," he said.
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