[AusNOG] census issues tonight

[Michael Keating]

A screenshot of Sky News has it listed as a hacking:
https://twitter.com/techAU/status/763169318557265922

That's on top of other links I've seen through the morning that report the
'hacking'. They *aren't* being reported differently in the MSM. We might
know the difference, but the general public don't. Which is why the head of
the ABS was on the front foot with his "DDOS" explanation, but it's too
late.

This just adds to the nightmare the ABS will have to deal with.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:

>
> 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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