Major worldwide tech outage plunges world’s largest companies into chaos

A major worldwide tech outage, believed to have been caused by a flawed anti-viral update from US cyber security company CrowdStrike, has plunged many of the world's largest companies into crisis.

[lynntaylor]

This is why we shouldn't be forced into a cashless society 😒

[MM-qqeu]

So much for digital currency!
CASH IS KING!!!

[graysracingproduction]

I work at a Amazon warehouse we run everything off Microsoft we were told to log out of our systems and do nothing they call this stand down

[videofreak]

And they want digital ID banking!
What a joke

[panayotisdamianakis]

I hate to sound like my dearly departed mum and dad but gee, 'I really miss the good old days when we weren't held to ransom by malevolent technology and its users'. That's exactly what they said!

[reempire]

Imagine when you wake up tomorrow and your cards won't work.

[funksock]

Digital ID and currency will still be marketed by the Canberra muppet show,

[dontbeasheeple]

Have they tried turning it off then turning it on again?

[gameoverwehaveeverypixelco]

How can they do updates without testing them. Thats standard practice. Someone is getting fired.

[davidnetherway]

so how safe is digital currency again lol

[Wedgetail]

Well done, you’ve undertaken old school journalistic enquiries first hand, and passed on the information to your audience. Good to see.

[AndrewinTas]

no evidence of it being malicious ... so its safe and effective then?

[Lightning]

They have started the cyber attack scenario.

[propaganda]

If it was a hack would they really tell you???

[SpiritualSoulSurfer]

Can anyone see the problem of going all digital yet? CASH IS KING! 👑

[mk]

Technology doesn't necessarily mean progress.

[Juice]

Thankyou Microsoft, once again you’ve reminded the public that cash is king

[shemmac]

Why do I feel like watching Terminator movies

[joanne]

That's what you get with no manual backups and relying solely on computers.

[Procrastinater]

Damn, we were just about to tell everyone where the money from the millions of Trump stocks that were shorted July 12 went, but gosh darn it, now this happened and the information is just gone! What a shame!