Institutions and businesses were plunged into chaos when a software update went wrong. Now, criminals are using the situation to launch phishing scams.
Australians have been warned about opportunistic scammers attempting to take advantage of a widespread IT outage. It comes after a botched update from US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused global chaos on Friday, with banks, media outlets, supermarkets, retailers, and airports among those impacted.
" O'Neil said she had spoken with CrowdStrike multiple times, and said the company was doing everything they could to bring systems back online "as fast as possible". She confirmed most Australian systems impacted were now operational and in a "recovery phase".
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