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Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator says it is aware of ‘large-scale technical outage’

Australia has been hit by a major IT outage that has disrupted banks, telecoms, media outlets and airlines.

Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator said on Friday that it was aware of a “large-scale technical outage affecting a number of companies and services across Australia this afternoon.”

“Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies,” the agency said in a statement.

“There is no information to suggest it is a cyber security incident. We continue to engage across key stakeholders.”