CrowdStrike issue has been 'identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed'

CrowdStrike chief executive George Kurtz said late on Friday a 'defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts' caused the outage that struck millions of people across the globe and dozens of Australian companies. 

Crowds at Sydney Domestic Airport amid a global technology outage. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

A 'large scale' global outage at cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike has struck dozens of Australian companies, including the big banks, Bunnings, Telstra and Qantas as well as state emergency services.

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Originally published as CrowdStrike issue has been 'identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed'

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