Optus执行官在断电后中断了600+紧急呼叫,导致三人死亡后于2026年离开。 Optus executives depart in 2026 after outage disrupted 600+ emergency calls, linked to three deaths.

Optus执行官Michael Venter和Mark Potter将于2026年3月离开公司, 此前9月的停电中断了澳洲多个州600多个紧急三连通电话, Optus executives Michael Venter and Mark Potter will leave the company in March 2026 following a September outage that disrupted over 600 emergency triple-zero calls across multiple Australian states, linked to three deaths. Optus对错误电子邮件发出警告, 将联邦回应延迟超过一天。 The failure, caused by a faulty firewall update, was worsened by Optus sending alerts to the wrong email, delaying federal response by more than a day. 事件引起了全国的批评,总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯表示Optus"让国家失望",新加坡总理劳伦斯·向他表示哀悼. The incident drew national criticism, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stating Optus had "let down the nation," and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong offering condolences. Stephen Rue CEO说,离开是长期讨论的一部分,并强调了连续性,2026年4月Aussie宽带公司的Andy Giles Knopp接替Venter, John McInerney接替OneNZ公司担任首席信息干事。 CEO Stephen Rue said the departures were part of long-standing discussions and emphasized continuity, with Andy Giles Knopp of Aussie Broadband set to succeed Venter in April 2026 and John McInerney of OneNZ taking over as CIO. Optus和Telstra也警告客户,旧的三星电话由于三零连通问题可能失去网络接入。 Optus and Telstra also warned customers that older Samsung phones may lose network access due to triple-zero connectivity issues.