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Technicians working on a firewall upgrade made at least ten mistakes, contributing to two deaths, according to a report on a September incident that saw Australian telco Optus unable to route calls to emergency services.

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[โ€“] TheHolm@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not joking about "mass destruction". If adversary take control and bringing down telco of size of Optus will cause massive damage. Strict policies there are for reason.
Australia democracy ends where corp start. There is no democracy inside any corp. Just dictatorship of different level malevolency.

[โ€“] Salvo@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

The government needs to exercise Eminent Domain over all critical infrastructure.

  • Telecommunication
  • Water
  • Energy.

The damage of Jeff Kennett and John Howard can be reversed.