Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:57am on 08 Nov 2023,Wednesday International
An extensive telecommunications outage in Australia left over 10 million Optus customers without internet and phone services for much of Wednesday. The cause of the outage remains unknown, though Optus has ruled out a cyberattack. Critical infrastructure like hospitals experienced disruption. Melbourne public transit was briefly affected. The outage originated early Wednesday deep within Optus's network. Services were gradually restored by evening. Officials criticized Optus for the major failure. Union leaders suggested recent job cuts contributed. (Image Courtesy: Optus on X)
