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ABS Census website closed down after repeated attacks

Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull Source: AAP

The Australian Bureau of Statistics was forced to close down the Census website after repeated attacks on Tuesday night.


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The Australian Bureau of Statistics was forced to close down the Census website after repeated attacks on Tuesday night.


E faitau miliona tagata na le mafai ona faatumuina le pepa o le tusiga igoa i luga o le upega t/lagi i le po anapo ina ua tapunia pe tape le itulau, le website o le tusiga igoa a le m/luega o f/numera f/maumauina, le ABS.

 

Na faaalia e le m/luega e faa-4 ona taumafai eisi poo nisi e osofaia le website, ma o lea na faia ai le faaiuga e tapunia mo le puipuiga.

 

Na saunoa le palemia Malcolm Turnbull na iai se taumafaiga e faalavelave i la aoina o faamaumauga o le tusiga igoa, ae le'i sao, ma o loo malu puipuia pea faamumauga o i latou na faatumuina le tusiga igoa ae le'i tapunia le website anapo.

 

Na faaalia foi e le palemia, ua ia valaauina le sui o le malo i mataupu i puipuiga i luga o le upega o fesoota'iga, Alistair MacGibbon, e suesue auiliili pe na faapefea ona osofaia le website a le m/luega.

 

Ae na saunoa Alistair MacGibbon e foliga mai i molimau i le taimi nei, e le o se taumafaiga e gaoi faamumauga o le tusiga igoa, ae o se taumafaiga e faalavelave ma faasoesa.

 

MACGIBBON

"Clearly to cause frustration. I would say they successfully caused frustration. One thing I would say is that there was an awful lot of conjecture about the Census and its online activities and every time there is more of that conjecture, it increases the profile of the site. We see that every single time, whenever we talk about a breach, when we talk about a successful compromise, we see people trying to compromise the system we talk about."

 

Na saunoa le palemia, o le faaiuga e tapunia le website, na faia mo le puipuiga malu o faamaumauga o tagata uma i le atunuu.

 

TURNBULL

"I want to assure Australians that the unequivocal advice we have received from IBM, from the Bureau of Statistics, from the Australian Signal Directorate, is that their Australian Census data is safe, it has not been compromised. No data has - the site has not been hacked, it has not been interfered with, their data is safe."

 


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