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Joseph LamAudience growth producer

Joseph Lam is an audience producer, responsible for growing readership and amplifying The Australian’s journalism across multiple platforms. Based in Sydney, he has previously been the masthead’s technology journalist, general news reporter and digital producer. Joe is from Central Queensland and joined the national daily in 2019, having trained as a combat engineer in the ADF. Follow his work on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook @editorialjoe

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Optus InquiryTechnology

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 17, 2023: Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin appears before Senate inquiry following the November 8 outage, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Optus had no plan for network outage

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says her team ‘did the best they could’ but did not plan for the risk of a nationwide outage like last week’s, despite the threat for telcos.

Jared Lynch and Joseph Lam

Optus outageCompanies

Hobart Tasmania, Optus National outage. The Optus store on Elizabeth Street in Hobart.Picture: Linda Higginson

‘We’re not to blame’: Singtel fires back about Optus outage

The Singapore government-controlled telco says it’s not to blame for the mass outage after Optus claimed an upgrade on Singtel’s network led to a ‘cascading failure’.

Jared Lynch and Joseph Lam

venture capitalTechnology

Sitemate co-founder and chief executive Hartley Pike.

Blackbird-backed start-ups get $13.6m to go international

A ‘no-code’ start-up for manufacturing, and a medtech platform aiming to offer solutions for medical practices have raised a collective $13.6m.

Joseph Lam

cybersecurityTechnology

This aerial photo shows shipping containers at Nanjing port in China's eastern Jiangsu province on November 13, 2023. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Vulnerable firms risk cyber attack

Cybersecurity scanning tools are often picking up thousands of vulnerabilities in a single company, Deloitte testing has found.

Joseph Lam

Third party revealedTechnology

Optus parent Singtel the cause of nationwide meltdown

Optus has confirmed the upgrade that triggered its nationwide meltdown last week was on the network of its parent company, Singtel.

Jared Lynch and Joseph Lam

EXPLAINERTechnology

What Telstra’s ambitious new plans mean for you

Australians are set to benefit from Telstra’s new satellite service as well as its plan to fully move on from 3G.

Joseph Lam

TELECOMMUNICATIONSTechnology

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 16 FEBRUARY, 2023: Photo of TelstraÃ¢â¬â¢s new CEO Vicki Brady.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Ascui

New Telstra plan to bring $200m annually

The nation’s largest telco will build five new major routes with its intercity connectivity project, which it says will make it a global telecommunications leader.

Joseph Lam

EconomyCompanies

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NCA NewsWire Photos. AUGUST 05 2022. General images of shipping containers and cargo vessels at Port Botany port. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Seb Haggett

Perfect storm: Weeks of delays expected after port cyber attack

The economic impact of the DP World cyber attack is set to deepen with disruptions including cancellation of export shipments likely for several weeks at Australian ports.

Glen Norris and Joseph Lam

Optus outageBusiness

Australian communications company Optus'

Optus reveals what caused chaos as it faces a $400m bill

The beleaguered telco has revealed the cause of last week’s nationwide outage and says it has taken steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Jared Lynch and Joseph Lam

optus outageTechnology

Digital work of Computer Hacker or Programmer

Optus customers targeted by compensation scams

Optus customers are now the target of a major scam attempting to lure those seeking compensation to click on malicious links, forcing the telco to change its emails and texts to customers.

Joseph Lam

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