A massive Microsoft global service outage has affected Australian companies including Qantas, ANZ, MyGov and Foxtel, with their computers crashing and displaying the “blue screen of death”.
Some 48 services appeared on the website’s ‘down detector’ on Friday afternoon in an unprecedented cyber event.
Computers across countries began to crash and users posted photos of the “blue screen of death” using online platforms that were still available.
Financial services providers including Bendigo Bank, NAB, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ, Bank Australia, St George, Adelaide Bank, Me Bank, Bank of Queensland and Visa have been affected.
Services include MyGov, NBN, Centrelink, ASX and Australia Post, along with a range of social media entertainment services including Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, X, Xbox, Google Cloud, Open AI, Reddit, Nine, Foxtel and ABC.
Vodafone, Optus, Aussie Broadband, iiNet and Opticomm were among the telecoms companies affected by the outage.
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