Microsoft software outage: Bank services across the world take a hit
Microsoft users worldwide, including banks, reported widespread outages on Friday, hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services.
News outlets in Australia reported that bank services were disrupted as they lost access to computer systems. Some New Zealand banks said they were also offline.
Australia's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank said some customers had been unable to transfer money due to the service outage.
Australian outages reported on the site also included the banks NAB and Bendigo.
Microsoft 365 posted on X that the company was «working on rerouting the impacted traffic to alternate systems to alleviate impact in a more expedient fashion» and that they were «observing a positive trend in service availability.»
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