A cheap 25-year-old piece of hardware broke Telstra. It’s a wake-up call for other businesses
A major network outage at Telstra was traced back to a failure in an aging time server that the company had been warned to replace. The incident serves as a warning to businesses regarding the risks of neglecting legacy physical infrastructure.
Dean Sewell/AAP A cheap 25‑year‑old piece of hardware broke Telstra. It’s a wake‑up call for other businesses Published: July 19, 2026 10:09pm EDT https://theconversation.com/a-cheap-25-year-old-piece-of-hardware-broke-telstra-its-a-wake-up-call-for-other-businesses-287781 https://theconversation.com/a-cheap-25-year-old-piece-of-hardware-broke-telstra-its-a-wake-up-call-for-other-businesses-287781 Link copied Share article Share article
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