Global IT outage hits Australian banks, airlines, media outlets

Sydney, July 19 (Reuters) - A cyber outage affecting Australian media, banks and telecoms companies appears to relate to an issue at global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

CrowdStrike, which provides cybersecurity services to numerous industries, confirmed to NBC that it suffered a major outage on Friday, impacting businesses globally.

The outage, which began around 3:16am AEST, appears to be global in nature, affecting millions of systems in Australia and across the globe.

Among those affected are major banks, airlines and media outlets.

The outage is still ongoing, and CrowdStrike is working to resolve the issue.

In a statement, CrowdStrike said: "We are currently experiencing a service disruption that is impacting our ability to deliver our services to customers.

"We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and will provide updates as they become available.

"We apologize for any inconvenience this may be causing."