Xero accounting software goes down weeks after major IT outage

Just weeks after a major global IT outage caused chaos around the world, a cloud-based accounting software company has gone down.

Just weeks after a major IT outage brought businesses around the globe to a grinding halt, a cloud-based accounting software company has gone down.

Just before 8am AEST on Wednesday, software company Xero experienced a global outage affecting about 4.2 million small business users in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

The company said it was related to a third party provider and it was investigating the issue with “urgency.”

“We have identified what is impacting some customers trying to log in and navigate Xero,” a spokesperson said.

“We thank customers for their patience while we investigate and apologise for any inconvenience.”

Accounting software company Xero is experiencing a global outage.

Cloud-based accounting software Xero went down about 8am AEST on Wednesday.

On July 19, a planned Microsoft upgrade caused a major global outage, throwing millions of people and businesses into chaos.

Businesses, eftpos services, airlines, banks, supermarkets and media organisations were all impacted by the outage.

Office workers across the globe were faced with the blue screen of death until the issue was resolved.

The company responsible for the upgrade, CrowdStrike, went into damage control as it scrambled to implement a fix.

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