Tesla Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Fucking LOL, DDOSed. Some 12 year old kid in China fucked your shit up ABS. Our data is 100% safe with the ABS guys. Dont even worry about it. 11/10 census. Edited August 9, 2016 by Tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Again with the 'Hacking' headlines. Just say that the servers were intentionally overloaded via sabotage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) 12 hours ago, Jovan said: Tried to do it just now. Couldn't. Might try tomorrow. The census site is still unavailable - midday 10th August. The whole thing is becoming a bit of a joke now. Edited August 10, 2016 by jw1739 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 David Kalisch needs to be sacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh what a lovely day it is today. The sun is shining, the bird are signing, Chinese hackers aren't selling my details to identity thieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) 54 minutes ago, HeartFc said: Oh what a lovely day it is today. The sun is shining, the bird are signing, Chinese hackers aren't selling my details to identity thieves. Well it's not really a hack, but it was a malicious attack. No data should have been compromised though. The question is could this have been prevented? It would depend on the details of the DDOS attack, but I can't see the answer to that question being no. Given this is one night in 5 years, the cost to taxpayers, and the cost of the population's time, enough planning and resources should have been put in place to ensure that anything but an extremely powerful DDOS attack could bring it down. That could have been the case, but given the only thing I've heard from the ABS is that they circumvented some sort of geo filtering, it doesn't exactly sound like there was adequate defence in place to this sort of attack if that's what they were relying on. Edited August 10, 2016 by Tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 hours ago, jw1739 said: The census site is still unavailable - midday 10th August. The whole thing is becoming a bit of a joke now. Just tried again now. Still unavailable. Not doing it. I haven't felt this rebellious since breaking into the principles office during hsc break up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 11 hours ago, Tesla said: Fucking LOL, DDOSed. Some 12 year old kid in China fucked your shit up ABS. Our data is 100% safe with the ABS guys. Dont even worry about it. 11/10 census. You believe what the ABS is saying? Sorry I want an independent report (yeah why not, lets call a royal commission because that is what we do these days). Not buying it. 6 hours ago, Tesla said: David Kalisch needs to be sacked. Absolutely. I am quite surprised that at COB today he was not pursuing interests in the private sector. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Jovan said: Just tried again now. Still unavailable. Not doing it. I haven't felt this rebellious since breaking into the principles office during hsc break up. I'm trying it once per day and keeping a log of attempts/failures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Im happy to pop the tin foil hat on and say the chinese sold our data to the rothschild family. We'll be replaced by robots by 2087 Edited August 10, 2016 by HeartFc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 23 hours ago, NewConvert said: You believe what the ABS is saying? Sorry I want an independent report (yeah why not, lets call a royal commission because that is what we do these days). Not buying it. It certainly seems unusual that they took the site down as a precaution due to a DDOS. Either the site gets taken down by the DDOS, or not much else happens but maybe some slowness, choosing to take it down makes no sense. So I do think the common opinion that the site simply failed under the peak load that started around 730pm may well be true but it's too embarrassing to admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I just completed mine. I can't remember the last one, but I gained the impression that there wasn't a lot that was "new" about this one. Which surprised me because of the pace of technological change. Another surprise was that I could select my country of birth as "England." Most (non-census) forms don't offer that option, and all you get offered is "United Kingdom." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 hour ago, jw1739 said: I just completed mine. I can't remember the last one, but I gained the impression that there wasn't a lot that was "new" about this one. Which surprised me because of the pace of technological change. Another surprise was that I could select my country of birth as "England." Most (non-census) forms don't offer that option, and all you get offered is "United Kingdom." Well I've just worked out why you're so pessimistic all of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tesla said: It certainly seems unusual that they took the site down as a precaution due to a DDOS. Either the site gets taken down by the DDOS, or not much else happens but maybe some slowness, choosing to take it down makes no sense. So I do think the common opinion that the site simply failed under the peak load that started around 730pm may well be true but it's too embarrassing to admit. I recall seeing a map of DDOS activity (don't know how real or accurate) of the world which practically showed no activity in Australia. That being said I do see it as plausible that the ABS may have had concerns about other potential security breaches which were hightened by the DDOS attack and they just played the safe option. Edited August 11, 2016 by malloy Dun goofed trying to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 What's DDOS mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 7 hours ago, sheepdog said: What's DDOS mean? Distributed denial of service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 11 hours ago, jw1739 said: I just completed mine. I can't remember the last one, but I gained the impression that there wasn't a lot that was "new" about this one. Which surprised me because of the pace of technological change. Another surprise was that I could select my country of birth as "England." Most (non-census) forms don't offer that option, and all you get offered is "United Kingdom." Getting ready for the breakup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 40 minutes ago, Dylan said: Getting ready for the breakup. Finally, I can't stand being linked to those fucking welsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said: Finally, I can't stand being linked to those fucking welsh Didn't pay up a few wagers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 7 hours ago, malloy said: Distributed denial of service What does distributed denial of service mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, sheepdog said: What does distributed denial of service mean? "Put simply, a DDoS uses a network of computers or other devices to send a large number of requests to a target site or service in an attempt to overwhelm it. It is best referred to as an "attack" rather than a "hack" as it doesn't require the attackers to breach the service in any way. An analogy might be, say 50 people all trying to get through a normal-width door at precisely the same time; the doorway is jammed up and no-one can get through and neither can all the others banked up behind them. As I understand it from a layman's point of view, was it really a DDos "attack" or simply that the ABS stuffed up the whole thing and the site could not cope with 7 million households or so all trying to access the site at the same time after coming home from work and having dinner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, sheepdog said: What does distributed denial of service mean? A lot of cunts hitting a website at once to overwhelm it. Except they're not actually people, but most likely bots or computers infected with viruses or whatever that lets someone else control it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Cheers lads. So basically the person responsible had nothing to gain from it other than just making a fair cunt of himself? Is that a reasonable assumption to make? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 hour ago, jw1739 said: An analogy might be, say 50 people all trying to get through a normal-width door at precisely the same time; the doorway is jammed up and no-one can get through and neither can all the others banked up behind them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 3 hours ago, sheepdog said: Cheers lads. So basically the person responsible had nothing to gain from it other than just making a fair cunt of himself? Is that a reasonable assumption to make? Yeah - pretty much so. But that is what the government are saying however independent services that monitor this sort of stuff are saying that there was nothing happening - it was all quite Tuesday evening traffic. I worked at a company that was hit by one of these DDOS a day before we had a tender to respond to - so we can only presume it was our Chinese competitors that were behind that incident. The Russians and Chinese like to do it when ever they get offended, which is every day. But in this instance independent services are saying that there was no DDOS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I'm not into the Olympics much, but this picture says a lot to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 46 minutes ago, NewConvert said: Yeah - pretty much so. But that is what the government are saying however independent services that monitor this sort of stuff are saying that there was nothing happening - it was all quite Tuesday evening traffic. I worked at a company that was hit by one of these DDOS a day before we had a tender to respond to - so we can only presume it was our Chinese competitors that were behind that incident. The Russians and Chinese like to do it when ever they get offended, which is every day. But in this instance independent services are saying that there was no DDOS. Sounds like something I would do quite frankly. What a lad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: I'm not into the Olympics much, but this picture says a lot to me. What does it say? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 trying to do the census. Sure looks like its down again. Not the best run operation I've ever heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sheepdog Posted August 14, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 On 13/08/2016 at 0:08 AM, Jimmy said: What does it say? Dude, it's right there in black and white. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 TTDIM : GNR at the G in Feb. Thanks for coming Valentines Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 32 minutes ago, bt50 said: TTDIM : GNR at the G in Feb. Thanks for coming Valentines Day I hope it turns out better than their last gig in Melbourne at Calder Raceway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, cadete said: I hope it turns out better than their last gig in Melbourne at Calder Raceway. Pissed down rain and they only did half a set no? I've seen them in '07 and '14 in Melbourne, and '12 in Toulouse although admittedly thats not with Slash and Duff. Still, the first two in particular were up there with the best live gigs ive seen. He might be a twat, but Axl is the brains in that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, bt50 said: Pissed down rain and they only did half a set no? I've seen them in '07 and '14 in Melbourne, and '12 in Toulouse although admittedly thats not with Slash and Duff. Still, the first two in particular were up there with the best live gigs ive seen. He might be a twat, but Axl is the brains in that band. It pissed down with rain, they were like over two hours late, place was oversold with people fainting all over the place but when everyone asked for water it had to be brought at some ridiculous price (Not to mention that Bottled Water was still a newish thing in Australia at the time as well). On the plus side the choice of venue meant Malloy was able to walk home. EDIT: I dont like them at all but I def agree Axel is that band and therefore it annoys me when PPL pump up Slash's tyres. Edited August 17, 2016 by cadete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 End of winter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 4 minutes ago, Jovan said: End of winter. Cant wait for that first 20 degree Friday arvo to come about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 25 minutes ago, hedaik said: Cant wait for that first 20 degree Friday arvo to come about Just wag work tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Jovan said: End of winter. Should be TTIM Not looking forward to those sleepless, hot as fuck nights 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 1 minute ago, kingofhearts said: Should be TTIM Not looking forward to those sleepless, hot as fuck nights Boo. Get a load of this grinch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 2 hours ago, kingofhearts said: Should be TTIM Not looking forward to those sleepless, hot as fuck nights Get some air con. The cold mornings really get me. This year has been really cold and the sooner it's gone the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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