🇦🇺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