Full System Restoration After IT Outage May Take up to 2 Weeks in Australia
Published on July 21, 2024
Australia is working to restore its systems after it was hit by global IT outage, but it may take up to two weeks for all sectors to return to normal. On July 19, a global IT outage hit an estimated 8.5 million devices, impacting many companies and services, including banks, airports, supermarkets, and hospitals. Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil said in a post on X that in a meeting on July 21, CrowdStrike said they are close to rolling out an automatic fix to the issue with their update, as is Microsoft. “This should increase the speed at which systems across the economy are back online,” she said....