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Jacob Shteyman

Hearings reveal Optus bungled triple-zero outage email

Optus missed the mark with emails to the federal government alerting of triple-zero outages. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Optus sent emails notifying the federal communications department about a deadly triple-zero outage to the wrong email address, leaving authorities in the dark for more than a day.

The telco's startling mistake was revealed in a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, along with the admission it underplayed the severity of the issue.

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