Australian companies hit by ‘large-scale technical outage’

A woman walks past a Telstra store in Sydney’s CBD in Sydney, Australia. Telstra said some of its systems had been disrupted. — Reuters

SYDNEY: A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems across Australia on July 19, with the country’s national broadcaster, its largest international airport, and a major telecommunications company reporting issues.

Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator said the “large-scale technical outage” was caused by an issue with a “third-party software platform”.