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Optus Outage Unlikely to Have Cost Baby’s Life: Police

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Optus Outage Unlikely to Have Cost Baby’s Life: Police

People walk past an Optus store in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 5, 2022. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

A failed emergency call during a widespread Optus outage is unlikely to have cost a baby boy his life, police say.

A botched firewall update on Thursday blocked hundreds of calls to triple zero in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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