Why over 10 million Australians went ‘offline’ for hours

Over 10 million people in Australia were affected by a network fault that took down the services of Optus, the country's second largest telecom company. The outage disrupted internet, phone, payment, transport, and health systems. Optus has restored most services and is investigating customer complaints. The company ruled out a cyber attack and stated that a thorough analysis is needed to identify the root cause of the technical network fault.

Why over 10 million Australians went ‘offline’ for hours
Over 10 million people in Australia were affected by a network fault that took down the services of Optus, the country's second largest telecom company. The outage disrupted internet, phone, payment, transport, and health systems. Optus has restored most services and is investigating customer complaints. The company ruled out a cyber attack and stated that a thorough analysis is needed to identify the root cause of the technical network fault.