N-gated Hacker NewsSep 22, 2025
🚨🤖 Oopsie-doodle! It seems like Australian #telcos can't tell the difference between blocking a #DDoS attack and cutting off life-saving emergency calls. Maybe next time they should upgrade their brain cells instead of their firewalls. 💻🔨
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/21/optus_emergency_call_incident/ #OopsieDoodle #EmergencyCalls #TechFails #Australia #HackerNews #ngated
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