Optus Network Outage in Australia Sparks Fatalities and Legal Concerns
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An Optus firewall upgrade in Australia led to a 14-hour outage of emergency calls to 000, resulting in the deaths of three customers who may have been seeking help. The company is investigating why procedures were not followed and has promised to improve escalation processes. The incident has drawn criticism from Australian politicians, highlighting concerns over telecom safety and reliability.
- Firewall upgrade at telco linked to deaths in Australia theregister.com
- Optus: Anger in Australia after telecom outage linked to deaths BBC
- VIDEO: Could Optus face industrial manslaughter over triple-0 outage? Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Australia's Optus blames departure from 'established processes' for emergency calls outage Reuters
- SingTel Faces Another Optus Crisis With Fatal Network Outage Bloomberg.com
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