Information and Communication

CrowdStrike became a household name on Friday for all the wrong reasons. Here's what we know about them.

Friday afternoon felt frighteningly similar to the 12-minute mark in a disaster movie. The difference is that in the movie, a villain is pulling the strings, but in reality, the culprit was far closer to home.

Australian government agencies, retailers, banks and airlines call an emergency meeting after a widespread IT outage grounds flights, interrupts payment systems leaves and media outlets unable to operate.

Cybersecurity expert Jamieson O’Reilly says he believes the widespread Microsoft IT outage is linked to cyber security firm Crowdstrike.

ABC technology reporter Angela Lavoipierre says global IT outage could be caused by two faults at two different companies.

Dr Suelette Dreyfus, computing and IT specialist from Melbourne University, says news of a potential fix from CrowdStrike is optimistic, but resolution could be delayed due to heavy backlogging.

A national emergency meeting to discuss the outage is underway bringing together the federal government, energy and water authorities, state and territory representatives and airlines.

Cyber security expert Katherine Manstead explains what's behind the global IT outage.

Reporter Jamie McKinnell describes the chaos at Sydney Airport as a result of a global IT outage. 

It's so frustrating — your phone shows full bars of signal strength but it can't upload photos to Instagram or play Netflix or TikTok, let alone send emails or jump into a video conference. 

Legendary Australian commentator Bruce McAvaney OAM will headline the ABC's radio coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games later this month.

Japan's government finally eliminates the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades after the technology's heyday.

Australian Olympic officials have welcomed the partnership between the ABC and Nine, which will see key events broadcast live across the national broadcaster's regional radio network.

In his last week at the ABC, Landline's highly respected Murphy says a remarkable 45-year career that had him chasing stories all over the world has taught him one thing: "Everyone has a story." 

Energy Australia will source green hydrogen from Victoria for the fuel cells, which allow communities to stay connected for 72 hours even when the power is out.

Voting in the UK's general election began on Thursday as a media blackout descended across the country and silenced its political hopefuls. 

The Greens say 1 million people who watched the Matildas World Cup semifinal against England last year via streaming would have been blocked from seeing it under Labor's proposed changes to the anti-siphoning scheme.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is timid and slow and was once described as "a haven for white-collar crime". A parliamentary inquiry due this week is expected to be brutal in its assessment of the regulator. Will its recommendations chart a path forward?

Anthony Albanese has criticised tech behemoth Meta for claiming social media hasn't harmed kids, and for threatening to block news content.

In what one expert has likened to a plot from the political satire programs Utopia or Yes Minister, a report detailing ways to improve the processes by which the Tasmanian government can be more transparent to the public is released — with the suggested improvements blacked out in page after page of redactions.

Information we share online can be used to spy on us, influence the advertising we see, train algorithms, and more. To avoid this some messaging apps use encryption allowing people to communicate privately.

When a popular Australian podcast recently got into hot water over an episode about toxic shock syndrome (TSS), the incident reflected the consequences of medical misinformation and TSS confusion. So what exactly is TSS, and how worried should women be?

Immigration is a hot issue in the UK and US election campaigns as arrivals surge and voters face cost-of-living pressure. But reducing migrant numbers has economic consequences too.

The company says it has secure encryption methods in place for customer passwords, and no customer accounts or payment details had been compromised in the "cyber incident".

Critics says proposed changes to Indonesia's Broadcasting Law seek to restrict investigative journalism and ensnare journalists, content creators and the public.