'No evidence' global IT outage is cyberattack, says France

‘No evidence’ global IT outage is cyberattack, says France

/ 05:29 PM July 19, 2024

Tech outage

A man takes a picture of the blue screen at self-checkout terminals of a supermarket in Sydney on July 19, 2024. A large-scale outage wrought havoc on IT systems across Australia, with the country’s national broadcaster, its largest international airport and a major telecommunications company reporting issues. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

There is no evidence that a global IT outage affecting airlines, banks, media and other business was caused by a cyberattack, France’s cybersecurity agency said Friday.

“The teams are fully mobilized to identify and support the affected entities in France and to understand… the origin of this outage,” the national cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) said.

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“There is no evidence to suggest that this outage is the result of a cyberattack,” it added.

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In Germany, flights were gradually resuming at Berlin Brandenburg airport on Friday after being suspended due to a global IT outage, a spokeswoman told AFP.

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“Departures are taking place,” the spokeswoman said, adding, however, that there “may be longer waiting times” as “everything now has to be gradually ramped up again.”

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