Outage Belmont Forum. Picture Riley Churchman Riley Churchman Credit: Riley Churchman/The West Australian
A major IT outage is affecting businesses, media outlets other organisations across Australia and globally.
The widespread outage is linked to CrowdStrike, cybersecurity software which touts itself as a “global cybersecurity leader with an advanced cloud-native platform for protecting endpoints, cloud workloads, identities and data”.
Tripple-o calls remain unaffected by the worldwide Microsoft outage.
PERTH AIRPORT CHAOS
Travellers wait at Perth Airport. Credit: Ian Munro/The West AustralianQueues at Perth Airport Qantas Terminal as a software glitch stops the self check-in terminals from working. Credit: Ian Munro/The West AustralianThe outage impacted the self check-in terminals. Credit: Ian Munro/The West Australian
AMBULANCE RAMPING AT ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL
St John WA health care centres including Urgent Care were impacted by the outage. They have asked “people to be patient while we wait for systems to come back online.”
Ambulance vans ramping at Royal Perth Hospital. Credit: Riley Churchman/The West AustralianSt John WA health care centres including Urgent Care were impacted by the outage. Credit: Riley Churchman/The West Australian
INNALOO SHOPPING CENTRE OUTAGE
Shops were forced to close during the outage, including Kmart.
Shoppers were forced to leave during the outage. Credit: Jake DietschWorldwide IT outage has caused Kmart at Westfield Innaloo to close. Credit: Daniel Wilkins/The West Australian
BANKS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE OUTAGE
NAB shut due to IT Outage. Credit: Riley Churchman/The West AustralianNews. Computer systems down. NAB. National Australia Bank have closed their doors at Karrinyup Shopping Centre. Credit: Jackson Flindell/The West Australian
POPULAR AUSTRALIAN SUPERMARKETS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE
Coles shut due to IT Outage. Credit: Riley Churchman/The West AustralianColes have closed their self service checkout at Karrinyup Shopping Centre. Credit: Jackson Flindell/The West Australian
MOBILE OUTAGES
Telstra has reported it is also experiencing system issues due to the outage.
Telstra is also experiencing issues and is asking customers for patience. Credit: Daniel Wilkins/The West AustralianTelstra store at Westfield Innaloo is closed. Credit: Daniel Wilkins/The West Australian
