Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs

Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations has affected major companies, including the ABC and Sky News Australia

Businesses including banks, airlines, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline after blue screen of death error screens were seen on Windows workstations across the globe.

Users in Australia began reporting issues early on Friday afternoon AEST, stating they’d been locked out of their workstations. Australian banking apps and supermarket systems were also affected. Australian broadcasters the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Sky News confirmed they were having broadcast difficulties as a result.