The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is warning Australians not to fall prey to scammers, who are targeting organisations trying to recover from Friday’s CyberStrike outage impacting Microsoft’s Windows systems.
“ACSC understands a number of malicious websites and unofficial code are being released claiming to help entities recover from the widespread outages caused by the CrowdStrike technical incident,” the government agency said.
It encourages people in need of help to source their technical information and updates from official CrowdStrike sources only.
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A CrowdStrike software update led to a mass global outage on Friday — impacting Windows systems worldwide, halting air travel, taking out ATMs, banks, casinos, telecommunications companies, and other essential services.
Computer systems experienced the Blue Screens of Death (BSOD), which causes sudden shut-downs, and other usability issues.
The issue is not related to a cybersecurity incident or malicious activity.
CrowdStrike have released remediation guidance for customers, available via its CrowdStrike Customer Portal.
“We understand the gravity of the situation and are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption,” CrowdStrike said on its blog.
“We are working with all impacted customers to ensure that systems are back up and they can deliver the services their customers are counting on.
“We assure our customers that CrowdStrike is operating normally and this issue does not affect our Falcon platform systems.
“If your systems are operating normally, there is no impact to their protection if the Falcon sensor is installed.”