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Mass IT outage affects airlines, hospitals, media and banks


Major banks, media outlets, telecom providers and an airline are among those reporting to be affected.

Jetstar has been crippled at Sydney airport, supermarkets are experiencing checkout chaos, and broadcast networks have been left scrambling on air as autocue, graphics and computers failed. Australian outage website Downdetector shows issues being reported by the National Australia Bank, telecom firm Telstra, Google and more. “Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies," they said in a statement.

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