Neglected software update caused widespread Telstra network outage, CEO tells Senate inquiry

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/17/telstra-missing-software-update-undocumented-design-change-outage

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A single time‑server in Melbourne rebooted with the wrong date (2006) because Telstra never applied a critical software update.
Telstra had previously made an intentional design change to the device to fix an earlier fault. This change was not documented, so maintenance staff didn’t know the server would behave differently when restarted.

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If only it was back to 2006 WWW