[AusNOG] census issues tonight

[Mark Andrews]

In message <CAGFZUipJu+0og2seaSNB0otor6DzLZCWrPXWzb_6x0cSnyuRoQ at mail.gmail.com>, Michael Keating writes:
> 
> I think the point being made, was that the distrust of the Census has been
> increased with the failure of the website, and the mainstream media taking
> the 'hacking' angle. It's safe to say the stored data is ok, but there are
> millions more submissions to go. If people think it was 'hacked', they
> won't give a truthful answer for fear of their information being stolen
> (which we know, it won't). More of a general observation than a technical
> observation (which I do agree with).

Overloaded websites happen all the time.  Denial of service attacks
happen all the time.  Data breaches happen less frequesntly. The
public does know the difference between a denial of service attack
/ overloaded server and a data breach.

The two types of attack are reported differently.

Mark
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