The federal government has moved quickly into damage control mode after the failure of the census web site due to a deliberate effort to sabotage the exercise. Thousands of Australians were prevented from taking part in the census on Tuesday night 9 Aug as the Australian Bureau of Statistics website couldn't be accessed. The Bureau says the census website had been attacked four times and was shut down as a precaution after the fourth attack. The government says it was an attempt to frustrate the Census, not a hack designed to steal data, and people's information is safe.
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