Telstra hit by cyber attack causing internet outages across country

Krusty · Aug 2, 2020

Now I know why I lost my internet.

Telstra has been hit by a cyber attack, affecting some of its services across Australia.

The telco said a widespread internet outage, believed to have been caused by a denial of service (DoS) cyber attack, had caused significant disruption.

On Twitter, Telstra said home internet connections, including NBN, had been affected.

Telstra said it was working to address the significant internet outage, which had impacted large numbers of users around Australia.

Telstra's own Network Outage internet pages have also been impacted, leaving many affected customers left to learn about the outage through social media.

Telstra has taken to Twitter to reassure customers their personal information is not at risk.

The ABC has contacted Telstra for comment.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-02/telstra-internet-outage-causes-hour-long-disruptions/12516344

Changing my DNS solved the issue for me.

A cyber attack has brought down the critical internet address books that help run Telstra's network, resulting in thousands of people across Australia reporting outages on Sunday morning.

The telco tweeted that it was looking into an issue impacting home internet connections, including those on the national broadband network (NBN). There were also reports from Telstra users that the internet connectivity of phones was also affected.

"We've identified the issue and are working on it," the telco later said. "Some of our Domain Name Servers (DNS) used to route your traffic online are experiencing a cyber attack, known as a Denial of Service (DoS). Your info isn't at risk. We're doing all we can to get you back online."
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...-telstra-internet-outage-20200802-p55hq9.html

Krusty · Aug 2, 2020

Telstra backs away from cyber attack claims after widespread internet outages

[...]"The massive messaging storm that presented as a denial of service cyber-attack has been investigated by our security teams and we now believe that it was not malicious, but a domain name server issue," the company said.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-02/telstra-internet-outage-causes-hour-long-disruptions/12516344

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