[LINK] www.aph.gov.au visible again

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Titstorm still flooding govt
By Colin Ho, ZDNet.com.au
11 February 2010 12:50 PM

<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Titstorm-still-flooding-govt-
/0,130061744,339300977,00.htm?omnRef=http://news.google.com.au/nwshp?
hl=en&tab=wn>


The group known as Anonymous has continued its attack on Australian 
government websites today in protest against the Government's proposed 
internet service provider level filter.

The attacks hit the Australian Parliament House servers yesterday 
morning, taking down the site's homepage. 

At the time of writing www.aph.gov.au was still offline.

The Attorney-General's Department confirmed that the attacks had 
continued today.

"[The] attacks on government websites by individuals belonging to the 
Anonymous group, which commenced on 10 February, continue to affect the 
availability of the Australian Parliament House website," the department 
said in a statement sent to ZDNet.com.au.

The government was still investigating the issue and briefing its 
departments to respond to the attacks.

"Government agencies identified as potential targets by Anonymous were 
briefed in advance and were provided with suggested mitigation 
strategies," the statement said.

"The Cyber Security Operations Centre, in the Defence Signals 
Directorate, continues to monitor the situation and to provide IT 
security advisers in each of the targeted agencies with assistance to 
monitor and respond to the threat. As inquiries are ongoing, it would be 
inappropriate to comment further at this time."


Also: <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/11/2816658.htm?
section=australia>

Cyber attack hits Parliament websites again  Posted 55 minutes ago 

The Australian Parliament website has again been shut down by hackers 
protesting against the Federal Government's plans to block certain 
internet sites.

The website and another linked to the Department of Broadband and 
Communications were shut down for long periods yesterday after their 
servers were overloaded.

Both websites were offline again this morning.

A group of hackers calling itself Anonymous has claimed responsibility 
for the interruptions, which it has called Operation Titstorm.

Anonymous claims the attacks are also to highlight moves by the 
Government to ban the import of pornograhy featuring female ejaculation 
as well small-breasted women, over fears such films were simulating child 
pornography.

Critics say the Government's internet filter amounts to censorship and 
will slow down internet speeds.

The Government says the filter is necessary to block websites containing 
child pornography and other criminal activity.

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Stephen


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