Hacker NewsSep 22, 2025

Australian telco cut off emergency calls, firewall upgrade linked to 3 deaths

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/21/optus_emergency_call_incident/

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Firewall upgrade linked to three deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls

: Optus was unaware network changes caused a problem, and ignored some customer complaints

The Register
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