The website for the Australian Securities Exchange was unavailable for nearly three hours last night, meaning the publication of company announcements had to be delayed. The issue, the ASX said occurred “following a routine configuration change made after market close, which caused ASX to bring the site down temporarily”. The crash occurred shortly after 6pm, before being rectified at around 8.45pm. “All delayed company announcements were processed last night or before market open today,” a spokesperson from the exchange said. The incident comes just weeks after a hardware failure led to the temporary shut-down of the ASX’s equities trading system followed by an early market close. The outage was triggered by a hardware failure that affected the primary ASX Trade database. The company said last night’s crash was “not related” to the outage on September 19. The ASX’s managing director and CEO, Dominic Stevens has spent the last few weeks apologising to customers and investors and said what happened last month did not meet the high standards of operations and system reliability that the ASX sets itself “and that customers should rightly expect of us.” The company added that last night’s issue “is now rectified and the website is operating normally”.The ASX website was unavailable for nearly three hours last night, delaying company announcements Related content brandpost Sponsored by Freshworks When your AI chatbots mess up AI ‘hallucinations’ present significant business risks, but new types of guardrails can keep them from doing serious damage By Paul Gillin Dec 08, 2023 4 mins Generative AI brandpost Sponsored by Dell New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies Security leaders have particular concerns that older devices are more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. By Laura McEwan Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Infrastructure Management case study Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI To help promote insourcing and quality control, Toyota Motor North America is leveraging generative AI for HR and IT service desk requests. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 08, 2023 7 mins Employee Experience Generative AI ICT Partners feature CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process. By Moira Alexander Dec 08, 2023 8 mins Certifications IT Skills Project Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe