What you need to know
- Several banks and businesses reported issues due to the global IT outage that began yesterday
- The outage was not a security incident or cyber attack
- The issue was caused by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts, CrowdStrike said
- CrowdStrike deployed a fix on Friday and many systems have since come back online, but experts say it may take several days until things are fully back to normal as all affected computers need to be physically rebooted
- Acting PM David Seymour said the National Emergency Management Agency were designated as the lead agency to coordinate the government response
- Retail NZ said it hoped businesses would be able to operate smoothly over the weekend
