Microsoft outage: Australian airports, banks and supermarkets affected by Windows meltdown

Albanese government convenes emergency meeting after workstations hit by blue screen of death linked to cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike

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Major Australian airports are in chaos, with a global cyber outage also affecting businesses including banks, supermarkets and media outlets around the country.

The Albanese government was convening a meeting of emergency authorities as well representatives from the major supermarkets, banks, airlines and other key industries on Friday night to respond after Windows workstations were hit by the “blue screen of death”.

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