Optus outage knocks out shops and cafes across Brisbane

Optus outage knocks out shops and cafes across Brisbane

“We found out early this morning that we couldn’t accept payments,” she said. “We were a bit panicked. It’s quite annoying.” Other small businesses asked customers to use PayID to transfer money, or took down people’s names, hoping they would return with cash. Loading The outage affected hospitals, public transport and hindered people trying to … Read more

ACT health services, schools affected by Optus outage | The Canberra Times

ACT health services, schools affected by Optus outage | The Canberra Times

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times’ Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times … Read more

What early signs suggest may have gone wrong at Optus

What early signs suggest may have gone wrong at Optus

That’s one of the tasks performed by BGP. It’s how networks share the addresses that are on their network, with other networks. Network providers like Optus run a mesh of BGP routers, that keep track of what addresses need to be forwarded to what overseas and local networks (remember, the internet isn’t one network, but … Read more

Optus outage highlights how ‘critical’ telecommunications is to society

Optus outage highlights how ‘critical’ telecommunications is to society

Optus’ major outage across Australia highlights how “critical” telecommunications is to the lifeblood of society, according to Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre CEO Rachael Falk. The outage has impacted millions of customers including transport services, hospitals and businesses. “Core network is sort of the central nervous system for Optus – it’s a pretty big deal … Read more

Optus outage update: Some services reportedly returning after more than eight hours of being down on Wednesday

Optus outage update: Some services reportedly returning after more than eight hours of being down on Wednesday

Some Optus services appear to be back up and running following a nationwide outage of the network. More than 10 million Optus customers were impacted by the Optus network outage that began about 4am on Wednesday. However, at about 12.35pm Optus customers reported they could once again connect to the internet and make calls. 7NEWS.com.au … Read more

Optus outage: Optus CEO, Government updates on Australia Optus outage

Optus outage: Optus CEO, Government updates on Australia Optus outage

The “frustrated” Australian Government minister has sent a stern message amid an ongoing national Optus outage affecting as many as 10 million people. The outage, which began shortly after 4am, has entered its eighth hour. News.com.au understands as of 12.35pm (AEDT), customers’ mobile and fixed-line services are gradually coming back online. Optus suffered one of … Read more