A customer takes care of his shopping next to blue screen at self-checkout terminals of a supermarket in Sydney on July 19, 2024. Photo: AFP / Saeed Khan
Worldwide IT issues are being reported, with outages hitting banking, media broadcasting, and transport infrastructure.
Flights have been grounded in the US, airports internationally are reporting issues, and trains in the UK are affected.
Banks in New Zealand are reporting having issues with accepting payments and internet banking.
According to Sky News, the outage may have been caused by a flawed update from US cyber security company CrowdStrike.
Crowdstrike says it is "aware of reports of crashes on Windows ... related to the Falcon sensor".
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