Tag: Senate estimates
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Optus outage alerts sent to wrong government email amid Senate inquiries
Overview of the incident Australian telecom giant Optus faced fresh scrutiny after it sent two outage notifications to an incorrect, defunct government email address on September 18. The messages went to a non-monitored inbox at the Department of Communications, Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, seven minutes apart, despite Optus repeatedly using the correct channels…
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Australia News LIVE: Optus Triple Zero outage fallout, Gaza talks
Australia’s Triple Zero crisis dominates headlines as Senate inquiry reveals misdirected Optus notifications The day’s top story in Australian politics and public safety centers on the Optus Triple Zero outage and the subsequent Senate estimates hearing revelations. Officials confirmed that Optus sent two emails about the September 18 outage to an incorrect address at the…
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Optus Outage: Wrong Government Email Sparks Senate Hearing and Questions Over Notification Failures
Overview: A Misrouted Notification During a Critical Outage Optus faced intense scrutiny after it sent warnings about a September 18 outage to an incorrect, unmonitored Department of Communications email address. In a hearing before the Senate estimates committee, department officials confirmed the two emails were delivered seven minutes apart to a defunct inbox, with no…