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Crowdstrike the company responsible for the global IT outage that caused chaos for businesses around the world has advertised for a director of public relations. The job ad posted about three weeks ago was looking for a PR director to be based at their North Sydney office. One Aussie was quick to spot the ad […]

“Knock on impacts” could continue through airports after a massive global IT outage left airlines, banks and businesses in the dark. About 3pm on Friday computers across the country began shutting down with workers reporting issues at multiple businesses. The issue comes from a “bluescreen error” which is a result of a Crowdstrike outage, with […]

Inside the group known as The Saints, everything was geared towards worshipping the Lord. They would meet once or twice a week, singing songs of praise and sharing a meal before being led by scripture from their leader, the “messenger” from God, Brendan Luke Stevens. Church and Easter were not celebrated, school was only seen […]

A man has asked police to withdraw the charges against him after he allegedly threw NRL journalist Paul Kent into a tree during a wild street brawl outside a pub. Tamer Uzun, 35, has pleaded not guilty to affray in relation to the clash with the footy commentator outside Totti’s Rozelle on April 27. Police […]

Australian travellers have been warned there may “flow-on effects” for days after a global tech outage caused flight delays and cancellations across the country and world. In Australia, all Jetstar flights have been cancelled until 2am on Saturday. Earlier, pictures at Sydney Airport showed the airline’s check-in computers taken over by what has become known […]

An Australian tech guru will likely battle through a storm of chaos in the coming days and weeks as fallout from Friday’s global IT outage that crippled banks, supermarkets and airlines from Australia to the United States grows. Melbourne man Michael Sentonas leads CrowdStrike, the publicly-listed cyber-security firm that caused the meltdown, alongside CEO and […]

A helicopter carrying two Australians has crashed near cliffs in Bali. The Bell Jet Model 5055 Helicopter operated by Bali Helitours crashed at Pecatu in Bali’s South Kuta region on Friday afternoon. There were five people onboard when it crashed, including two Australians, two Indonesian locals and the pilot. The helicopter fell into a mixed-residential […]

The cyber security company at the centre of a global IT outage that has shut down airlines, banks and supermarkets is haemorrhaging billions in value, with shares in the publicly listed firm down a whopping 16 per cent in pre-market trading. CrowdStrike, a $125bn US-listed company, could lose up to $20bn in value when the […]

Australians have lost it over a global tech outage that caused chaos at supermarkets across Australia. Self-service checkouts at Woolworths and Coles displayed the blue screen of death and EFTPOS machines stopped working, with some stores only accepting cash during the outage. “Better stock up on the toilet paper, Microsoft crash causing mayhem at Woolies,” […]

Qantas has made a stunning suggestion to passengers after a tech outage wreaked havoc in Australia and around the world on Friday afternoon. Frustrated travellers were left facing delays across Australia, with many reporting being stranded at airports or told to find temporary accommodation. The devastating outage was caused by a rogue update of the […]