Server down: what caused the ATO systems to crash
- Written by Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
The ATO crash didn't involve a fire, but it almost looked that bad for a while.ShutterstockMany Australian Tax Office IT systems have been unavailable for days after a major fault, apparently caused by a problem with a large-scale storage server.
The ATO’s online systems, including its public website and portals for taxation agents, were down...








