Singtel-owned Optus says massive Australia outage was after software upgrade

Singtel-owned Optus says massive Australia outage was after software upgrade

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Optus reveals routine software upgrade caused outage

Optus reveals routine software upgrade caused outage

Optus has revealed a route software upgrade was behind a massive outage which affected millions. -AAP Image Optus is blaming a software upgrade for an outage that left millions without phone connections and internet services.  Hold tight – we’re checking permissions before loading more content A 12-hour outage on Wednesday left 10 million individuals and … Read more

Federal government to undertake ‘critical’ review after Optus outage

Federal government to undertake ‘critical’ review after Optus outage

Optus has ruled out hackers as the cause of the system outage on Wednesday 8 November. PICTURE: ON FILE Optus experienced its worst network outage last week with Yarra Ranges locals forcefully disconnected from their services. Now the Federal government has announced an inquiry into the outage and will conduct a post-incident telecommunications review. “Connectivity … Read more

company reveals what caused last week’s failure

company reveals what caused last week’s failure

“At around 4.05am Wednesday morning, the Optus network received changes to routing information from an international peering network following a routine software upgrade,” the statement said. Routers in a network automatically share these settings, which determine the most efficient route to move internet traffic around, so the error spread through Optus’ infrastructure. “These routing information … Read more

Optus finally makes call on cause of outage chaos

Optus finally makes call on cause of outage chaos

Optus is blaming a software upgrade for an outage that left millions without phone connections and internet services. A 12-hour outage on Wednesday left 10 million individuals and businesses unable to make or receive calls or complete transactions. The company said in a statement on Monday the cause was now known and steps had been … Read more

Optus reveals routine software upgrade caused outage

Optus reveals routine software upgrade caused outage

Optus has revealed a route software upgrade was behind a massive outage which affected millions. -AAP Image Optus is blaming a software upgrade for an outage that left millions without phone connections and internet services.  Hold tight – we’re checking permissions before loading more content A 12-hour outage on Wednesday left 10 million individuals and … Read more

Michelle Rowland announces incident review into Optus’ nationwide outage

Michelle Rowland announces incident review into Optus’ nationwide outage

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says it’s essential to understand what caused the Optus outage, which left 10 million Australians without phone service or access to the internet. Ms Rowland said she tasked her department to establish a post-incident review to understand what happened, what went wrong, and what improvements could be made. “My department is … Read more

Optus explains cause of outage

Optus explains cause of outage

Video: Optus explains cause of outage Optus explains cause of outage We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Dismiss Skip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer Optus has explained the cause of the outage that impacted 10 million customers. November 13, 2023 — 5.46pm Source … Read more