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Australia’s telecommunications companies will be hit with new rules forcing them to update the federal government on their cybersecurity regimes, with the Home Affairs minister worried they have been left to manage their own affairs with limited oversight. Key points: Telecommunications companies will be brought into the “critical infrastructure” scheme, applying new reporting obligations The minister … Read more

Ms O’Neil previously criticised the Coalition for not including telcos in the critical infrastructure laws back in 2018, accusing her predecessor, Paul Fletcher, of striking a “sweetheart deal” with the companies. At the time, the Coalition was satisfied telcos were adequately covered by other legislation that included necessary sector standards for cybersecurity. But Ms O’Neil … Read more

Optus has again apologised for Wednesday’s large-scale outage, lasering in on impacted business customers and announcing the creation… Source link

Optus teams had “worked into the night” in an attempt to take as many calls from disgruntled customers as possible, a spokesperson for the carrier said on Saturday. “We understand and are very sorry our customers and businesses were affected by Wednesday’s outage,” they said. “Our customer front line teams worked into the night to … Read more

Optus has again apologised for Wednesday’s large-scale outage, lasering in on impacted business customers and announcing the creation… Source link

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), with police arresting nearly 100 far-right counter-protesters to stop them ambushing the main rally. Skirmishes broke out between police and the far-right groups gathered to protest against the demonstration taking place on Armistice Day. Protestors march through London overnight. AP Prime Minister Rishi … Read more