Government websites hacked

[hutch]

I wish they would leave out the line "The Australian government will learn that one does not mess with our porn.". It does the cause some considerable damage in voter land.

Link http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/government-websites-hacked-in-porn-protest-against-internet-filter-plan/story-e6frfku9-1225828

COMPUTER hackers disabled several Australian government websites today in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography.

The attacks, confirmed by the Attorney-General's Department, crippled Australia's parliamentary website for almost an hour, including the Communications Department, which is pushing a compulsory internet filter for pornography and offensive content.

The attacks were launched by hackers aligned with an anti-Church of Scientology group known as "Anonymous".

"No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be 'unwanted'," the group said in an email.

"The Australian government will learn that one does not mess with our porn."

Australia's centre-left government, which faces elections later this year, has promised an internet filter which would block a list of banned websites, including child abuse material and pornography.

Laws will be introduced to Parliament soon.

Australia's sex industry claims pornographic films were being rejected by censors because they starred small-breasted women who could be confused as minors and appear underaged.

A poll this week by McNair Ingenuity Research for the state broadcaster found 80 per cent of the 1000 respondents backed the filter plan, which was strongly opposed by free speech groups.

The Communications Department said the hackers had not infiltrated government security, but had instead swamped government computer servers.

"Australian Parliament House website (www.aph.gov.au) was unavailable this morning for approximately 50 minutes due to a distributed denial of service attack by individuals belonging to the "Anonymous" group," a spokeswoman said.

"It is now back online."

[JDanger]

Clearly not the most cerebral protest ever, but at least it's making headlines.

Anon delivers (more or less).

[ref1ect1ons]

80% of respondents want a mandatory internet filter?, I wonder how they worded this one. We're fucked if this was true, which it isn't.

[ThunderIdeal]

anon is not really an anti scientology group, or a group at all. more like a worldwide band of mismatched hooligans if you ask me. at least they had decent results this time, but it was obvious that more people were going to participate this time.

who gives a fuck about the poll, that is exactly like saying "australians must not want a republic because they voted against it" - yeah they voted against it because they had to vote on a semi-related issue simultaneously and didn't know what the fuck was even going on or what they were voting for. of course if you say 'filtering child abuse material' regular people will support it.

[Slybacon]

Bring on revenge of the nerdz!!!!

[Teotzlcoatl]

I'm impressed, I expect to see more of this from you .....

Good job.

[nabraxas]

I wonder how they worded this one

Additionally it found that 80% of Australians are in favour of "having a mandatory Government internet filter that would automatically block access to overseas websites containing material that is refused classification."

This question followed a definition of ‘refused classification’ material, that paraphrased the definition in the National Classification Board guidelines, as follows:

Images and information about one or more of the following:

• child sexual abuse;

• bestiality;

• sexual violence;

• gratuitous, exploitative or offensive sexual fetishes; and

• detailed instructions on or promotion of crime, violence or use of illegal drugs

A more detailed demographic breakdown showed women (87%) were more likely than men (73%) to be in favour of the filter, with the likelihood of support generally increasing with age. Interestingly, of the 35% who agreed in principle that “content on the internet should be free of Government regulation”, more than half (58%) were in favour of the filter. Groups most likely to be not in favour of the filter were males (25%), people aged 18-29 (27%), people with no children in the household (28%) and city-dwellers (24%).

http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/internet-filter-survey-results

I expect to see more of this from you kangaroo fuckers.

 

i think most ov the Anon group are American.

[DarkSpark]

lol gotta love that shit. Word on the street says that there is more to come from other groups in reguards to the internet fileting BS. Anon was just the first to have success.

There will always be ways to acess this info and there is no way the govt will be able to stop it. seen internet filtering can be done but theres always a way around a filter/block. the internet is in the hands of the youth now, and trust me we/they are smart little cookies with computers and are just coming of an age to wreak havoc.

[FancyPants]

COMPUTER hackers disabled several Australian government websites today in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography.

 

HA HA HAAAAAAA!

[Neoshaman]

lol gotta love that shit. Word on the street says that there is more to come from other groups in reguards to the internet fileting BS. Anon was just the first to have success.

There will always be ways to acess this info and there is no way the govt will be able to stop it. seen internet filtering can be done but theres always a way around a filter/block. the internet is in the hands of the youth now, and trust me we/they are smart little cookies with computers and are just coming of an age to wreak havoc.

 

Someonme needs to hack Rudd and conroy's persoanl computers I'm sure 5there would be some rather intresting info there and if we are really lucky it will be intresting enough for them to both loose their jobs

are google bombs still possible I'm sure there are some good words /or phrases that could be aptly applied to either of these pathetic wankers

some choice we all have at election time this year we have the facist ravings of Rudd or the regloiusly inspired moralistic rantings of Abbot yep going to work in europe for 5 years or so is definitely looking like a good option with the choices we have in this country I'm going to struggle to bring myself to vote this year and i'm generally the type of person wgho thinks everyone should make their vote count ..... however i wonder what it counts for when either bastard that gets elected is going to want to stomp on my freedom

[ThunderIdeal]

voting for a major party sends the message that you accept their rule. i don't know why anybody would want to do that. they also earn dollars for their election campaigns with every vote they get.

"No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be 'unwanted'," the group said in an email.

this makes no sense. anybody could have sent this email. nobody speaks for anon, they are just a bunch of people on a forum. there is no group. it's like calling everybody on this forum a group.

[SunChaser]

Vote for the greens!

There the only party that really stand up for freedom of speech and against corporations running the government, in Australia. There also getting bigger every election. We just need people to wake up and stop just voting for one of the two major parties, like a bunch of sheep who can't think for themselves.

[ThunderIdeal]

yessir there is no lesser of two evils

[nabraxas]

yessir there is no lesser of two evils

there is, it's just that the lesser of two evils would still be evil.

like if you had to choose between loosing your whole hand or your little finger, obviously it's better to loose just your finger, but you're still sacrificing a part ov you.

[ThunderIdeal]

indeed. it was only in reference to the liberal and labor parties, and maybe at various times one or the other is a lesser evil.

i still don't see the point in handing your vote to political parties that have never performed satisfactorily (in my life time)

[Neoshaman]

indeed. it was only in reference to the liberal and labor parties, and maybe at various times one or the other is a lesser evil.

i still don't see the point in handing your vote to political parties that have never performed satisfactorily (in my life time)

 

while i do vote green Jabez ultimately their preference votes go to labour which is fucking diisappointing in all honesty we actually need a full scale 3rd party to shake things up the wankers in power think they can push through whatever narrow minded bullshit they choose in our current political enviroment

[ThunderIdeal]

i don't overly care where the preferences go

a vote for another party:

A. earns money for that parties election campaign, as long as they exceed a certain amount of votes (which the greens do)

B. the figures show other australians that more people are voting for other parties

C. the figures show the major political parties that you are not voting for them

that's as close to victory as you'll get for now, IMHO

[mr me]

What this country needs is a third party that is distinct from labor and liberal. The Green Party is not the answer as their preferences go to Labor - The whole system needs to be changed. While I like the fact that gov sites got hacked, it will just justify in the government's mind the need for my internet controls/monitoring.

[ThunderIdeal]

could somebody explain to me why it's so bad that the greens give their preferences to labor? this is what political parties do to maximise their outcome at an election or otherwise gain something in exchange. they do not GIVE their preferences to labor, nobody gives their preferences away. they trade their preferences.

in my opinion, the greens ARE the answer, unless somebody better comes along but nobody has yet.

[nabraxas]

they trade their preferences.

So apart from getting a Labor government, what exactly do you think the Greens got out ov this trade?

It doesn't seem like they got much at all.

Edited February 12, 2010 by nabraxas

[SunChaser]

Does anyone remember how close the green party came to winning that Melbourne seat last federal election? It would of changed the whole Australian political system and even though they didn't actually win it, it proved that the greens could do it, which has made them a serious political contender, in the eyes of the two major parties.

Tony Abbott has already started sucking up to the greens, in the hope of getting some preferences from them.

There the fastest growing Australian political party. There policies are all transparent & ethical and they don't just automatically hand there preferences to labor (whatever people think), they'll give them to who ever gives them the best deal.

They are the best option, if you have any interest in changing the way politics is done in Australia. In fact, there our only option.

[hutch]

Does anyone remember how close the green party came to winning that Melbourne seat last federal election? It would of changed the whole Australian political system and even though they didn't actually win it, it proved that the greens could do it, which has made them a serious political contender, in the eyes of the two major parties.

Tony Abbott has already started sucking up to the greens, in the hope of getting some preferences from them.

There the fastest growing Australian political party. There policies are all transparent & ethical and they don't just automatically hand there preferences to labor (whatever people think), they'll give them to who ever gives them the best deal.

They are the best option, if you have any interest in changing the way politics is done in Australia. In fact, there our only option.

 

Its too bad the Greens make themselves irrelevant....It mightn't be a bad thing but if we listened to the Greens we would shut down the 21st century. That's not smart nor progressive and by know means solves the issues. Just panders to a small chunk of people.

Vote 1 for an independent and give out your own preferences.

[SunChaser]

Its too bad the Greens make themselves irrelevant....It mightn't be a bad thing but if we listened to the Greens we would shut down the 21st century. That's not smart nor progressive and by know means solves the issues. Just panders to a small chunk of people.

Vote 1 for an independent and give out your own preferences.

 

There the fastest growing political party in Australia and they have the full attention of the two major parties. How could anyone consider that irrelevent?

Plus that's just propaganda BS, that 'any' of the green parties policies would do any long term damage to our country. Bet you can't even state one green party policy that would destroy Australias economy?

[ThunderIdeal]

So apart from getting a Labor government, what exactly do you think the Greens got out ov this trade?

It doesn't seem like they got much at all.

 

influence over labor policy.... which doesn't always shine through once the election is won, but it is definitely something, they definitely don't give their preferences away for nothing.

the greens have been on their way up, and if you check out their policies you'll see they stand for so much more than just saving the environment.

if you want to vote for an unlikely independent, GO AHEAD, THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY.

(just kidding! i already explained why voting for a loser is not a waste of a vote)

[Neoshaman]

could somebody explain to me why it's so bad that the greens give their preferences to labor? this is what political parties do to maximise their outcome at an election or otherwise gain something in exchange. they do not GIVE their preferences to labor, nobody gives their preferences away. they trade their preferences.

in my opinion, the greens ARE the answer, unless somebody better comes along but nobody has yet.

 

Yes ther greens are the answer and yes they certainly deserve our vote i just find it highly frustrating that my vote for a party that stands for a lot of what i believe in gives preference to weak , narrow minded wankers that don't stand for anything close. Yes the preferences are traded but in all reality the preferences have to go to either liberal or labour in the grand scheme of things labour know this and only do the most minimal they possibly need to in order to attain that preference vote, hopefully as more of the country wakes up and the Greens get more and more votes these preferences will not be allocated for such small concessions

however I now have seen several seats where greens are running for lower house postions this is progress in the right direction in my opinion hopefully with in a few elections they will be running lower house candidates in a lot more seats and then we will actually have a real choice that is worthy of our vote