Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006

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What happened

Article URL: https://www.netnod.se/blog/telstra-outage-night-network-decided-year-was-2006 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748957 Points: 14 # Comments: 3…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://www.netnod.se/blog/telstra-outage-night-network-decided-year-was-2006 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748957 Points: 14 # Comments: 3…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:05:03 UTC.

Why it matters

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