Nick Bonyhady

The former Australia Post boss said she still believed in the proposal, despite negotiations taking longer than she would like.

The company said its routers received incorrect settings from overseas as part of a software upgrade, triggering a cascading failure.

DP World has confirmed hackers stole data during a breach that forced it to shut down ports around the country last week and which experts say likely stemmed from its failure to patch a widely known security flaw.

One of the directors who ousted OpenAI boss Sam Altman is Helen Toner, a researcher from Melbourne.

“A known problem, with a known patch – Australia needs to do better than this,” said Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil after an update from DP World.

Helen Toner said the board members who sacked CEO Sam Altman weren’t trying to slow down AI development but hinted more would come out in future.