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Global IT outage causes chaos, disrupting airlines, banks, media, telecoms
Al Jazeera
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator says it is aware of ‘large-scale technical outage’.
A major IT outage has disrupted businesses and institutions in multiple countries, throwing airlines, government services, banks, supermarkets, telecoms and media outlets into chaos.
In the United States, major airlines Delta, United and American Airlines were grounded on Friday morning due to a communication issue, according to an update by the Federal Aviation Administration.
In Australia, flight information screens at Sydney airport went blank and self-service checkouts at supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles showed error messages.
Sydney airport said that flights were arriving and departing but that travellers should expect delays.
“We have activated our contingency plans and deployed additional staff to our terminals,” it said in a post on X.