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There are reports of IT outages impacting institutions across Australia including, news outlets, banks and telecommunications. Real-time problem and outage monitoring site Downdetector shows several organisations including Commonwealth Bank, Optus and Australia Post are experiencing disruptions. People have taken to social media platform Reddit from several countries, including India and the Czech Republic, saying they … Read more

Optus has appointed a telecommunications veteran as its new chief executive, six months after a nationwide outage at the telco left nearly a third of… Source link

Optus has denied claims it attempted to “cloak” details of its 2022 cyber attack from the courts after it pushed to keep a report on the incident outside of court proceedings. Last year, during a class action filed by Slater & Gordon in the Federal Court, the telco said it would not be making a … Read more

Optus Local General Manager for northern NSW, Chris Simon, said: “There is nothing more important than our customers at Optus and that’s why we are letting customers in the Cessnock area know that we will be updating the mobile network between 28th June 2024 and 8th July 2024. Source link

Optus customers in the Cessnock area could be impacted by an important upgrade to the Millfield Street tower. With the 3G network being phased out in September, the telecommunications company is moving ahead with its 5G investment program in the region between Friday 28 June and Monday 8 July. Some residents may experience an intermittent … Read more

Topics: telecommunications, network engineering, risk management  Associate Professor Mark Gregory “The Optus outage affected about 10 million phone and internet services – it was an unprecedented national event affecting access to the Triple Zero emergency service. “The 18 recommendations from the Federal Government’s Bean review focus on improving the management, resiliency and reliability of the Triple … Read more

Local Footy Star remains in hospital as players under fire for alleged off ball hits After playing out the match, a BFNL star remains in hospital after a kidney blow. And extra attention from opposition players left fans furious. Sport Prismall: ‘Hurting’ Centurions can rally to atone costly quarter Werribee Centrals won three quarters against … Read more

Australia’s media regulator is taking legal action against telecommunications giant Optus over a major cyber attack almost two years ago. Optus in September 2022 was hit with a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of customers including names, dates of birth, phone numbers and email addresses. Source link

“We’re listening to our customers and in the year ahead we’ll be continuing to prioritise what we know is important to them – a resilient network that delivers seamless connectivity, great value products and services, and simple, efficient customer service.”  The telco added 116,000 subscribers to its mobile customer base, which included growth of 108,000 prepaid customers, partially due to … Read more

The Optus name is mud. Photo: Shutterstock Ongoing fallout from Optus’s data breach and major outage has kept the company as Australia’s least trusted brand for the third straight quarter, according to new Roy Morgan figures that found Australians overwhelmingly distrustful of social media, telecommunications, and tech companies. The result was yet another blow for … Read more