What we learned – Friday 19 July
And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap the big headlines:
Airports, banks and supermarkets were among the major Australian businesses thrown into chaos when Microsoft systems were hit by a global IT outage.
Microsoft has said the company is working to restore the outage, and a fix is coming.
The cost of flying Julian Assange to Australia has been revealed.
Energy and climate ministers gathered today to discuss climate risks and grid stability.
The Victorian government has announced e-scooters will become a permanent fixture in the state from October.
Queensland children’s gender service safe and should be expanded, report finds.
The former NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, announced his resignation from politics.
Australia will war game the arrival of a bird flu strain that’s ravaging wildlife overseas.
A woman arrested outside Anthony Albanese’s electorate office has been ordered to keep at a distance from it.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has expressed “grave concern” over Queensland watch house footage.
Updated
Boss of cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike blames global IT outage on software update
CrowdStrike president George Kurtz said the problem was caused by a “defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts”.
He wrote on X:
CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts. Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted. This is not a security incident or cyberattack. The issue has been identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed. We…
— George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) July 19, 2024
