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Global IT outage causes chaos, disrupting airlines, banks, media, telecoms

Global IT outage causes chaos, disrupting airlines, banks, media, telecoms

Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator says ‘no information to suggest it is a cyber security incident’. A massive technology outage has disrupted businesses and institutions in multiple countries, throwing airlines, government services, banks, supermarkets, telecoms and media outlets into chaos. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear, but it came hours after Microsoft...

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UK charges three with working for Hong Kong intelligence

UK charges three with working for Hong Kong intelligence

Suspects accused of violating National Security Act as cases against Chinese and Russian spies mount across Europe. The British police have charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service. The men were detained alongside several others during a series of raids across the United Kingdom last week, the police said on Monday. The...

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McDonald’s suffers global tech outage

McDonald’s suffers global tech outage

‘System failure’ shutters some restaurants for hours, leading to complaints from customers on social media. Fast food giant McDonald’s has experienced systems failures in several countries that led to some of its restaurants being shuttered for hours, but ruled out cybersecurity issues as a potential cause of the problem. The United States-based chain said the...