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Outages & the scams that follow them

We track outages at major telcos, banks and tech companies — because every outage brings a wave of fake “compensation” and “restore your service” scams. Here’s what’s down, and how to stay safe.

Confirmedmeans an active major/critical incident from the vendor's status feed. Reported means corroborated news evidence that is not vendor-confirmed; any accompanying safety article remains unpublished until review.

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Telstra hit by fresh double outage in Pokolbin

3 recent news reports of problems. Top: “Telstra hit by fresh double outage in Pokolbin - 98.1 Power FM”.

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