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Website attacks spread throughout Government

10 Feb 05:58pm

Filed under: Censorship, Internet, Stephen Conroy, Webfilter

Government security sources have told The Punch the attacks on the official Parliament website have also spread to the Attorney-Generals, Communications and the Department of Immigration.

The attack is believed to have been carried out by a loose coalition of hackers known as Anonymous who have previously claimed responsibility for attacks on the Church of Scientology.

A couple of days ago when Communication Minister Stephen Conroy was asked about the possibility of attacks by hacker groups on Government website he basically laughed it off. One wonders whether Mr Conroy is laughing today.

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LC says:

10:34am | 26/02/11

This was the last thing we needed to happen, because it makes us look like people trying to protect porn, rather than protecting the last true bastion of free speech left. You know what are loons argueing for the filter going to do next? Anti Filter Guy: How many times… Read more »
some kid says:

05:56pm | 25/07/10

the Australian Government is learning a valuable lesson: mess with with the internet, and it will mess you back 10-fold. these attacks will only get worse as time goes on, and any other government that tries to create an internet filter will get a similar result. Read more »

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