Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/SYDNEY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SYDNEY</span></a>, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Millions of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a> were left without a phone or <a href="https://noc.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> connection on Wednesday after the country's second-largest <a href="https://noc.social/tags/telecommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telecommunications</span></a> provider experienced an unexplained <a href="https://noc.social/tags/NationwideOutage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationwideOutage</span></a>.</p><p>The outage crippled <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PaymentSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSystems</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OnlineOperations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineOperations</span></a> and led to morning peak-hour chaos as <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TrainNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrainNetworks</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/RideShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RideShare</span></a> services were down briefly in some cities. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> </p><p>Optus network outage affects millions of Australians | Reuters<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/australias-optus-hit-by-national-network-outage-2023-11-07/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/austral</span><span class="invisible">ias-optus-hit-by-national-network-outage-2023-11-07/</span></a></p>