‘Spread very quickly’: How Telstra’s outage impacted Australians

A Telstra outage stopped Australian trains and froze taxi payments

For a few hours on Wednesday morning, chunks of Australia’s daily infrastructure simply stopped answering. A nationwide outage at Telstra, the country’s largest carrier, cut phone service for thousands of customers, froze tap-to-pay terminals and brought regional trains to a halt. The disruption began at about 4.30am and spread through systems that most people never [] This story continues at The Next Web

Telstra outage sends warning about dangers of future telecommunications attacks

Sky News host Jaimee Rogers says the Telstra outage is a warning for how dangerous a deliberate attack on Australia’s telecommunications could be. “Communications are critical infrastructure, so why aren't we treating them that way?” Ms Rogers said. “Today's outage shouldn't just be another headline. “It should be a warning because if one technical fault can bring parts of Australia to a standstill, imagine what a deliberate attack could do.”

Telstra outage LIVE: Users report mass network disruption as major airport 'at standstill'

Users across Australia are reporting a widespread Telstra network outage, with thousands left without mobile reception during the Wednesday morning rush hour

V/Line train disruptions LIVE updates: Victoria’s regional train network shut down after nationwide Telstra outage; paramedics grappling with issues

A widespread Telstra outage has disrupted mobile and data connections across the network, halting local business payments and completely stalling V-Line train services throughout Victoria. Follow for updates.