{"id":12167,"date":"2023-11-08T09:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/optus-network-outage-may-have-been-caused-by-same-issue-that-brought-facebook-down-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T09:38:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T08:38:54","slug":"optus-network-outage-may-have-been-caused-by-same-issue-that-brought-facebook-down-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/optus-network-outage-may-have-been-caused-by-same-issue-that-brought-facebook-down-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian IT company says \u2018configuration issue\u2019 may have been behind nationwide outage<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2023\/nov\/08\/australia-news-live-optus-outage-trains-melbourne-prime-minister-athony-albanese-china-pacific-aukus-daysleford-driver\">Optus outage live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/nov\/08\/optus-network-outage-australia-what-we-know-explained-news-updates\">Optus service outage at a glance: what we know so far<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/nov\/08\/optus-phone-and-internet-outage-affects-millions-across-australia\">lengthy outage<\/a> of Optus\u2019s internet and mobile services across the country could have been caused by the same issue that brought down Facebook two years ago, experts suggest.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare, which tracks a range of activity on the internet, noticed a spike in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) announcements from the telco coinciding with the time Optus\u2019s network went offline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/nov\/08\/optus-network-outage-cause-what-happened-explained\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b9e8731779ff32e2af1f90615c4ae241b3c23f90\/153_543_4652_2791\/master\/4652.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=043f64a87cde5ccfbcdb28851a40c3fb\" title=\"Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021\" \/>Australian IT company says \u2018configuration issue\u2019 may have been behind nationwide outage<\/p>\n<p>Optus outage live updates<br \/>\nOptus service outage at a glance: what we know so far<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>The lengthy outage of Optus\u2019s internet and mobile services across the country could have been caused by the same issue that brought down Facebook two years ago, experts suggest.<br \/>\nCloudflare, which tracks a range of activity on the internet, noticed a spike in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) announcements from the telco coinciding with the time Optus\u2019s network went offline.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian IT company says \u2018configuration issue\u2019 may have been behind nationwide outage Optus outage live updates Optus service outage at a glance: what we know so far Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The lengthy outage of Optus\u2019s internet and mobile services across the country could have been &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/optus-network-outage-may-have-been-caused-by-same-issue-that-brought-facebook-down-in-2021\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Optus network outage may have been caused by same issue that brought Facebook down in 2021<\/span> Read More 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