Hackers bring down PM's website (1 Viewer)

[Uncle]

Hackers bring down PM's website

The prime minister's website has been hacked in protest over a federal government proposal to introduce a mandatory filter to censor internet content.

The rest is TL;DR

The pm.gov.au website was brought down at about 1920 (AEST) on Wednesday night along with that of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

There was also an apparent attempt to bring down the website of the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy.

A check confirmed the prime minister's website was down at 2000 AEST.

The cyber attack is apparently in response to the proposal to introduce mandatory internet filtering.

A message posted on the Inquisitor website by a person claiming to be the hacker complains that the proposal to introduce internet filtering would block legal content, and take censorship to levels like that seen in China.

"Not only will your rights be at stake, our Internet speeds will slow down by 70 per cent, be mandatory for all Aussies and will not protect us from evil AT ALL," the posting reads.

The hacker calls for Senator Conroy to resign and also posted a link which is purported to be a list of websites on the banned content list.

The posting, titled Anonymous vs the Australian Government, also gives a blow-by-blow account of the hacker's progress.

"In two minutes from when I type this, Anonymous is declaring war on the Australian Government over its decision to implement Draconian internet censorship," the posting said.

"Tick tick tick.

"Update: 7pm: and so it begins.

"7:05pm (AEST), Ministers page is slow to load, but still up."

"7:11pm we've confirmed on site (via a source) that the sites due to be attacked have been taken down from the coordination page, possibly before the raid."

"7:18pm pm.gov.au DOWN!

"7:21pm Kevin Rudd's page is down completely. Strike one to Anonymous."

The hacker then suggests in a subsequent message posting that the attack may have failed.

However, a check of the prime minister's website more than an hour after the attack began confirmed it was down.

A spokesman for Senator Conroy said he had received reports of the hack but could not confirm whether the attack had been successful.

However, he said the people responsible were misguided, adding that the proposed filter would only be used to block illegal content.

"The campaign that they're mounting is erroneous and misinformed," he said.

"What the government is proposing is to filter refused classification content which includes imagery of child sexual abuse, rape and bestiality."

The government has been conducting an internet filter trial which is expected to be completed soon.

A report will then be presented to Senator Conroy from which an internet filter policy will be developed.

AAP

So much hate against the Labor party.

 

[Napstar]

Okay I get child abuse and rape, but what is their issue with bestiality? If someone wants to watch a horse and a chick, what business is it of the governments?

 

[Garygaz]

Sigh, I read a report that they think this will slow net speeds by up to 25%, and anyone who knows how to use a proxy (insert schoolchildren) will be able to get around the filter.

/cry

 

[Lentern]

As much as I approve of what they did I do question their motives. This thing will never get through the Green/Coalition blockade in the senate.

 

[Mantello]

Holy shit...it actually happened.

The people that did it are called "Anonymous".

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[parawhoree]

Kudos to whoever did it.

 

[badquinton304]

It was kind of a failure, compared to the predetermined goals of the operation.

 

[SnowFox]

Anon...lol.

 

[Garygaz]

Operation Didgeridie

google mutha -

 

[Random_dude]

i just felt like like im on one of these movies like 'eagle eye' or something. nice dramatic touch with the theme music.

K.rudd may start with 'illegal sites' first, but what next? who knows with their old, conservative views.

 

[anom1ly]

i think the song was from saw. you know that tune at the end of each movie when the people realise they've fucked up.

im against internet censorship, and think it should be fought. unfortunately, they come across as terrorist-like in that video, and through their actions. now the media is going to hype kevin rudd up to be the fighter of 'internet terrorism' or something.

 

[Enteebee]

hahaha lol

P.S. DDOSING A GOVERNMENT WEBSITE IS HARDCORE BRO

a single guy with a large enough botnet could do it. If you know the right geeks you can get access to about 1000 bots for $25 US

 

[copkiller]

"We will create and make freely available methods to render your censorship plan useless."

Nice. Shouldn't be too hard either.

 

[Enteebee]

"We will create and make freely available methods to render your censorship plan useless."

Nice. Shouldn't be too hard either.

yeah i mean if you're not watching your extreme porn through an ssh tunnel on a private vpn you're basically asking to get v& anyway, imo ^_^

 

[Sprangler]

yeah i mean if you're not watching your extreme porn through an ssh tunnel on a private vpn you're basically asking to get v& anyway, imo ^_^

Please don't start talking like a chan faggot, most of those kids wouldn't even know what a vpn or ssh is.

 

[pman]

i don't want my home computer to be as useless as the school ones!

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Please don't start talking like a chan faggot, most of those kids wouldn't even know what a vpn or ssh is.

But plenty enough of them do.

 

[ekoolish]

Internet speeds will actually increase. Rudd's internet speed filtering reductions will be offset by his broadband networking project. A slight increase in speeds is to be likely as a result of this $4.7 billion broadband network project for 98% of Australians. Surely no one here supports pedophilia anyway.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Internet speeds will actually increase. Rudd's internet speed filtering reductions will be offset by his broadband networking project. A slight increase in speeds is to be likely as a result of this $4.7 billion broadband network project for 98% of Australians. Surely no one here supports pedophilia anyway.

Moron detected.

 

[ekoolish]

Moron detected.

???

Rudd broadband network built only to offset internet filtering speed reductions