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💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱<p><a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warning</span></a> <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a><br>Scammers are now making use of personal <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> data that has been obtained in the 2022 <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/breach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breach</span></a>. Got a call from person who had my phone number, my full name, my username, and the numbers my account ended with. I was almost convinced, but then they launched into the standard "we have noticed errors on the IP address associated with your account". Don't fall for this scam. They have your Optus details, but are NOT Optus. I blew a sports whistle loudly in the phone at them</p>
Quokka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> I think <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> have already blocked my grey import, after a week of it connecting quite happily</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>A <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> for anyone living, staying, entering or even travelling to/from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>:</p><p>Apparently, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">decided to mandate</a> it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> systems to be shutdown because some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GalaxyBrainChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GalaxyBrainChair</span></a> wanted to yeet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> and demand everything to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> when in fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a> support is spotty at best and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalling</span></a> oftentimes is explicitly hardcoded to not use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WIFIcalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIFIcalling</span></a> or VoLTE as providing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/triangulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>triangulation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LocationData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocationData</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SS7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SS7</span></a> is a <em>desired feature</em> when someone calls EMS, Fire Dept or the Police for help... </p><ul><li><p>So essentially <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tourists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourists</span></a> and anyone who hasn't an <em>explicitly fully VoLTE-functional device</em> they <em>tested and verified to also do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalls</span></a> via VoLTE</em> are fecked with no reception when they need it the most!</p></li><li><p>This <em>WILL</em> KILL PEOPLE!!!</p></li></ul> <p>As much as we want to <em>bitch about</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPRS</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UMTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UMTS</span></a> being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/inefficient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inefficient</span></a>, there are reasons to at least keep 2G available - ranging from lower power consumption to higher resilience in emergency situations.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> for example does shutdown non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyCalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyCalls</span></a> during severe <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthquakes</span></a> so that people trapped and/or in need of urgent assistance can get through to dispatch operators and everyone else has to <em>get in line and take a number</em> aka. use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> or if existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> to say <em>"I'm fine!"</em>... </p></li><li><p>If the Ozzies really need that juicy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UHF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UHF</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SubGHz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubGHz</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> it's totally feasible to instead change the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/allocations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allocations</span></a> and reconfigure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellularNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellularNetworks</span></a> to use lesser bandwith for 2G (i.e. only keeping the absolute mininum of channels available for any service) and thus clear up space...</p></li></ul><p>And to add insult to injury, Australia <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlTz-3estM&t=207s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">passed</a> a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>|n-alike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellPhone</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ImportBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImportBan</span></a> for any device that doesn't do i.e. the bespoke proprietary garbage that i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vodafone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vodafone</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> do with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/baseband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baseband</span></a> modems of their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/branded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>branded</span></a> devices... </p><p>Seriously, which <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> dickhead decided it's a good idea to do that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3Gshutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Gshutdown</span></a> in Australia without even a basic 2G network up and running at all? </p><ul><li>At least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> [AFAIK] still has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> up and running (tho it would've been wiser to do it like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> and keep <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> as emergency fallback with it's functions like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a>....</li></ul>
MereCivilian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@maique" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maique</span></a></span> the experience with esim is all over the place. Even the best experience with esim does not beat putting an actual Sim. It's just so much quicker and doesn't rely on anyone...</p><p>In this case a lot of blame lies with <a href="https://social.lol/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a></p>
Michael Gale<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a> are killing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> from October 28</p><p>Non-exhaustive list of devices soon to become likely <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p>
Sam<p>I have bought a pump. Its job is to spray the house all over with water when a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bushfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushfire</span></a> comes. There's only so much water, so it needs to be timed right, otherwise the house will dry out before the heat arrives.</p><p>So, attached to the pump is a controller made by the thoughtful and nice Graham and Matt at Small Farm Services. (<a href="https://smallfarmservices.net.au" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">smallfarmservices.net.au</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).<br>I send it a 'start' over SMS and it starts. Later it sends me status messages. Marvelous.</p><p>The trouble, of course, is that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> get turned off and/or fail during bushfires. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a>, any chance you could give me an indication of failure modes during fires? No, I didn't really think you would. <rolls eyes>. Did you know that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> funded a CRC into bushfires at ANU? It did/does really good stuff. (<a href="https://brcoe.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">brcoe.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). Optus has issued press releases like this: <a href="https://www.optus.com.au/about/media-centre/media-releases/2023/11/optus-invests-to-protect-bushfire-prone-communities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">optus.com.au/about/media-centr</span><span class="invisible">e/media-releases/2023/11/optus-invests-to-protect-bushfire-prone-communities</span></a>. <br>I cannot find out what MY base station's remaining vulnerabilities are, nor understand it's dependancies. Can *that one* last 20 hours without power? Can it's upstream links? Can I send an SMS over it if it is disconnected from Optus' authentication, authorisation and billing systems? What about Telstra? Coverage of both is good and I can see both towers - an advantage of living on a hill.</p><p>Without solid answers, I am looking to add some backup communications channel. I have an existing <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LoRaWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoRaWAN</span></a> setup, and am wondering about firming it up and extending it out to very long range. The safe place I will be during the fire is about 10km away. Maybe that is the best independent path? But, maybe I should use some UHF data medium instead of LoRa? Something plainer, more commonly understood and dull?</p><p>Questions: <br>Anyone have resilience information for 4G SMS networks?<br>Should I buy a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a> or Optus <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a>?<br>Backup medium? What is the most solid thing for, say 10km?</p><p>What does The Department of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radio</span></a> Mastodon think please?</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/RF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RF</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/packetRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>packetRadio</span></a></p>
dee_le_brun<p>So former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was found to have acted corruptly, and now she has lost her appeal where she tried to overturn the ruling on a technicality. But, she remains employed by the Australian telco <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> Massive ethical failing on their behalf. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GladysBerejiklian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GladysBerejiklian</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ICAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICAC</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/26/gladys-berejiklian-legal-challenge-icac-serious-corrupt-conduct-finding-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/article/2024/jul/26/gladys-berejiklian-legal-challenge-icac-serious-corrupt-conduct-finding-ntwnfb</span></a></p>
skua<p>Had to recharge my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepaid</span></a> account.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForcedToUseTheirApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedToUseTheirApp</span></a> as prepaid customers can't use their website.<br>Such a grotty company.</p><p>But the 2FA code never arrives.<br>Though a 0.5 second box flashes by with "version" as one of the words</p><p>I go to Playstore.<br>But no update for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OptusApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OptusApp</span></a> is listed.</p><p>Tried app again, "Use DigitalID" or something similar gets an Update App on Playstore to appear.</p><p>A crappy crappy company.</p><p>Off to get a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boost</span></a> sim now. Low expectations - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telstra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telstra</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumingIn2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumingIn2024</span></a></p>
Cara Bruar<p>Yay! after an outage of 3 days I have mobile coverage again. It's difficult to do without text messaging for 2FA or confirming medical appointments or contacting family. Email only takes you so far.</p><p>The provider website says the outage is planned until 16 June for tower work. That would be beyond a problem. Outrage instead of outage. Hope its done but I suspect it isn't.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/outage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outage</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a></p>
Brett Callow<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> loses appeal to keep Deloitte report on cyberattack secret.</p><p><a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/optus-loses-appeal-to-keep-deloitte-cyberattack-secret-20240527-p5jgud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/companies/telecommunic</span><span class="invisible">ations/optus-loses-appeal-to-keep-deloitte-cyberattack-secret-20240527-p5jgud</span></a></p>
D. G. Marshall<p>Still unable to get <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iinet</span></a> to activate my father in law's phone.</p><p>They now want the account number for his current prepaid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a> phone.</p><p>We can get that from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a>, if we can prove his identity. Name, date of birth, address, all proven.</p><p>But <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a> know want us to tell them the security code they sent to someone else's phone number.</p>
AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>I was going to post something about Linda Reynolds and how Liberals have a nasty lying streak that won’t stop at anything to protect themselves…</p><p>Then I heard about Michelle Rowland lying to people. Telling them that they could make 000 calls from Optus phones during the recent outage…</p><p>So it is a more universal characteristic of politicians that they are prone to nasty lying and won’t stop at anything to protect themselves regardless of political affiliation. </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/emergencymanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergencymanagement</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Australia’s Second Largest Telco Went Dark, And Chaos Reigned - Engineers tend to worry about uptime, whether it’s at a corporate server farm or j... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/11/22/australias-second-largest-telco-went-dark-and-chaos-reigned/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/11/22/austra</span><span class="invisible">lias-second-largest-telco-went-dark-and-chaos-reigned/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telecommunications</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/currentevents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currentevents</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/originalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>originalart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>featured</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optus</span></a></p>
JP<p>This kind of detailed, technical PIR is what I want to see <a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> publish so we can all learn to do this stuff better. And have non-tech people appreciate how subtle things can get overlooked in complex systems, and you end up in xkcd dependency comic situations.</p><p>Internal IP, site, device name stuff redacted/obscured because it doesn't actually matter. But be as candid as possible.</p><p>That's the level of transparency we should expect from a company that wants the status of "critical infrastructure" that has "national security" implications.</p>
JP<p>Reading the <a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> inquiry submission and checking some very old recollections about BGP.</p><p>It appears what Optus has called 'self-protection limits' is the default value for the Cisco BGP neighbor maximum-prefix setting, which on ASR9000s is 1048576.</p><p>So this all jives with this thread: <a href="https://mastodon.au/@xrobau/111376847362633903" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@xrobau/1113768473</span><span class="invisible">62633903</span></a></p>
JP<p>"I know that no telco would ever do anything to [deliberately] compromise their network"</p><p>Let me introduce you to the concept of systems intentionality, Dr Thodey, and the statement that "the purpose of a system is what it does"</p><p><a href="https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/catching-the-corporate-conscience-a-new-model-of-systems-intentio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">research-repository.uwa.edu.au</span><span class="invisible">/en/publications/catching-the-corporate-conscience-a-new-model-of-systems-intentio</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a></p>
Misinformation-Superhighwayman<p>Optus identifies cause of nationwide outage, says 'changes to routing information' after software upgrade to blame<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-13/optus-identifies-cause-of-nationwide-outage-software-upgrade/103099902" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-11-13/opt</span><span class="invisible">us-identifies-cause-of-nationwide-outage-software-upgrade/103099902</span></a></p><p>To everyone who was saying "It was DNS", it totally wasn't DNS. Honestly. It was *checks notes* to do with configuration of software that tells network traffic how to go between routers.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Oopstus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oopstus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/OptusFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OptusFail</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/OptusDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OptusDown</span></a></p>
Brett Callow<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret - Federal court rejects legal privilege claim over Deloitte’s assessment of 2022 breach that affected millions 👏</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/10/optus-cyber-attack-report-released-secret-court-case-deloitte" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">nov/10/optus-cyber-attack-report-released-secret-court-case-deloitte</span></a></p>
AJ Sadauskas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@s3_gunzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>s3_gunzel</span></a></span> Remember when Telecom Australia was privatised, and we were told privatisation would bring us better service and lower prices? How's that working out? </p><p>The stingy data handout is a major additional screw-up by Optus.</p><p>If a customer who pays $100 every 28 days, one day of service works out to be $3.57. </p><p>For a prepaid customer paying $30 every 28 days, it's $1.07.</p><p>Optus has around 10 million mobile customers.</p><p>Crediting each of them the higher figure of $3.57 would cost the company a total of $35.7 million in revenue.</p><p>Optus is a subsidiary of Singapore Telecom. SingTel's annual profit is S$2.23 billion, equivalent to A$2.56 billion: <a href="https://www.singtel.com/about-us/media-centre/news-releases/singtel-fy23-net-profit-up-14-to-2-23-billion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">singtel.com/about-us/media-cen</span><span class="invisible">tre/news-releases/singtel-fy23-net-profit-up-14-to-2-23-billion</span></a></p><p>SingTel-Optus could easily afford to ford out $35.7 million out of its $2.56 billion annual profit as a goodwill gesture.</p><p>Many of its customers already don't use all their included monthly data. Crediting them with additional data will cost Optus nothing, and bring them no benefit.</p><p>All because SingTel-Optus is being stingy and doesn't want to credit them $3.57 for one day's data use.</p><p>It's frankly a slap in the face of any customers who stick by the telco after SingTel-Optus' screw-up.</p><p>And SingTel-Optus knows there will be no serious long-term consequences for this screw up.</p><p>Like the banks, and the supermarkets, the telco industry is yet another example of a comfortable oligopoly. </p><p>Three companies own the entire market — Telstra, SingTel-Optus, and Vodafone/TPG/iiNet/Internode/Lebara/Felix/AAPT/Three/Soul/Westnet (yes, they're all the same company now).</p><p>The competition regulators have been useless in preventing this concentration of power, and they'll be useless in holding SingTel-Optus to account after this screw up.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Optus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Optus</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusBiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusBiz</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aus</span></a></p>
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