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Ten Mistakes Marred Firewall Upgrade At Australian Telco, Contributing To Two Deaths


An independent review found that at least ten technical and process failures during a routine firewall upgrade at Australia's Optus prevented emergency calls from reaching Triple Zero for 14 hours, during which 455 calls failed and two callers died. The Register reports: On Thursday, Optus publishe...

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