Telstra Outage Highlights Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure

The Telstra outage is a stark reminder of the widespread effects of single system failures

The network disruption – which brought trains, traffic lights and Eftpos payments to a halt – raises questions about the resilience of services Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Wednesday’s national Telstra mobile outage serves as another stark reminder of how reliant on connectivity Australia now is, and how single points of failure can have widespread consequences across the country. The nearly five-hour ou...

By Josh Taylor