Telstra’s outage sparks China fears, public relations battle
Telstra's mobile network experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, disrupting services nationwide. Acting CEO Michael Ackland confirmed that servers in two data centers failed to update, with no evidence linking the incident to malicious activity. The outage raised concerns amid ongoing fears of Chinese cyber threats and has led to intensified scrutiny of the company's response.
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Published 08 Jul 2026, 04:44 UTC · Updated 08 Jul 2026, 04:50 UTC
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