# A timing glitch was behind Telstra’s nationwide outage

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**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/a-timing-glitch-was-behind-telstra-s-nationwide-outage/433 "2026-07-09T15:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dru](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nwtime.org/dru/32/337_2.png) [@Dru](https://community.nwtime.org/u/Dru)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.nwtime.org/t/a-timing-glitch-was-behind-telstra-s-nationwide-outage/433/1 "2026-07-09T15:26:19Z")

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A faulty update caused some of Telstra’s servers to reset their clocks by almost 20 years, making them believe it was November 2006.

> **[A timing glitch was behind Telstra’s nationwide outage. It points to a bigger...](https://theconversation.com/a-timing-glitch-was-behind-telstras-nationwide-outage-it-points-to-a-bigger-vulnerability-287160)**
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> Telecommunications is only one domain in which timing faults can have serious consequences.