Australia’s Second Largest Telco Went Dark, And Chaos Reigned

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Australia’s Second Largest Telco Went Dark, And Chaos Reigned

Engineers tend to worry about uptime, whether it’s at a corporate server farm or just our own little hobby servers at home. Every now and then, something will go wrong and take a box offline,…

Is Elon Muskyduck a threat to Australia?
tldr: no. we do not fear the musky one.
Is he a threat to the US? probably.
whatabout to China? maybe.
Europe: sorry, other than a reference to British One Web you dont get a mention.

#elonelonelon #muskings #fknTelstra #Optus

Is Elon Musk a threat to Australia?

The mercurial billionaire, who is unusually involved in his companies, has huge commercial interests in China, and a growing foothold in Australia.

"Australia’s second largest telco has responded to a massive data breach, advising customers to update their password, move house, change names and take on a new identity.

“We’re hopeful that this cyber attack won’t amount to anything, but to be on the safe side we do suggest anyone who has been an Optus customer since 2017 change their name, gender, address and birthday,” Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said in a video message.

She advised to follow the normal identity protocols when updating details. “We suggest you choose a name and gender that you haven’t used in the past 12 months. Your new name should be at least eight characters long and include at least one number and upper-case letter”." ~ The Shovel ;)

#Optus #breach #yoks #oz

#Australia: Nine million #Optus customers have details stolen

source: https://www.6pr.com.au/nine-million-optus-customers-have-details-stolen/

Optus customers are being urged to monitor their phones for suspicious activity, after a major data breach.

#phone #mobile #economy #security #hack #cybercrime #news

Nine million Optus customers have details stolen - 6PR

Optus customers are being urged to monitor their phones for suspicious activity, after a major data breach. Personal information, including licences and passport numbers, have been compromised in a cyber attack. 6PR technology expert and...