Hackers attack Australian government over internet filter plans

As part of "Operation Titstorm" the Prime Minister's home page was plastered with pornography. The Australian parliamentary website was also crippled for almost an hour. Among the ministries affected was the Communications Department, which is pressing for a compulsory internet filter for pornography and other "offensive" content.

The Attorney-General's Department said the distributed denial-of-service attack, which blocked access to the sites, was launched by the group "Anonymous", which has also used hacking techniques to attack websites belonging to the Church of Scientology.

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The Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that a statement from Anonymous said the attack was intended to protest the government's mandatory filter, particularly its blocking of certain pornography sites.

Anonymous said in an email: "No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be 'unwanted'. The Australian government will learn that one does not mess with our porn." A similar attack last September was also attributed to the group.

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Harry Guerrilla said:

Hackers attack Australian government over internet filter plans - Telegraph
Published: 7:00AM GMT 11 Feb 2010





I find this completely warranted and hilarious.

Good job Anon. :thumbs:

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Tsunami said:

I don't think terrorism has ever been successful in the history of mankind. This kind of thing is just going to inspire the opposition. Good job Anon. :doh

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Harry Guerrilla said:

I disagree, anything is justified when a minority is abused, restricted etc just because government said so.

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I don't think terrorism has ever been successful in the history of mankind. This kind of thing is just going to inspire the opposition. Good job Anon.

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Tsunami said:

I didn't say it wasn't justified, I said it wasn't successful.

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