239:'s Cyber Security Operations Centre discovered the attack was coming on 5 February. A statement released by Anonymous to the press two days before the attack said, "No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be 'unwanted'." It went on to read, "The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason". Anonymous had previously garnered media attention with protests against
263:. The Communications Department said the hackers had not infiltrated government security, but had instead swamped government computer servers. Sites were left unavailable for sporadic periods throughout the attack. At one point, the Australian Parliament's website was offline for about two days due to the high volume of requests. Rudd's government site was also inaccessible for some time. As a primary target, the Communications Department also received a large amount of traffic. Government offices were also flooded with
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said that it "condemned DDoS attacks as the wrong way to express disagreement with the proposed law". Anti-censorship groups criticised the attacks, saying they hurt their cause. A purported spokesperson for the attackers recommended that the wider
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Operation Titstorm' – an online protest against Australia's proposed internet filter – as an act of terrorism, arguing that the embarrassing (for the federal police) but essentially harmless offensive, is caught by Commonwealth terrorism provisions, so widely drafted are these
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748:. 11 February 2010. Archived from
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626:. 10 February 2010. Archived from
596:. 19 February 2010. Archived from
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80:Proposed laws failed to go through
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2827:February 2010 events in Australia
1597:Jeff Bezos phone hacking incident
946:LeMay, Renai (15 February 2010).
920:LeMay, Renai (12 February 2010).
890:Raywood, Dan (15 February 2010).
828:Marks, Kathy (11 February 2010).
802:Moses, Asher (10 February 2010).
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459:Leyden, John (11 February 2010).
419:Gross, Grant (10 February 2010).
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1406:Ukrainian Power Grid Cyberattack
1314:Cyberterrorism attack of June 25
1029:Ross, Norrie (7 December 2010).
523:Kamenev, Marina (16 June 2010).
360:Internet censorship in Australia
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1518:2017 Ukraine ransomware attacks
1355:2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach
1350:2014 celebrity nude photo leak
1055:Foo, Fran (7 September 2010).
972:Moses, Asher (25 March 2010).
303:Electronic Frontiers Australia
35:A flyer for Operation Titstorm
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1587:Bulgarian revenue agency hack
1365:Russian hacker password theft
342:. Internet service providers
212:Drawn depictions of such acts
132:online community against the
1721:Bangladesh Black Hat Hackers
1197:(publication of 2009 events)
1057:"ISP filter could be buried"
624:International Business Times
310:Parliament House in Canberra
1582:Baltimore ransomware attack
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1503:WannaCry ransomware attack
1396:Ashley Madison data breach
1340:Anthem medical data breach
1257:PlayStation network outage
429:. IDG News. Archived from
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144:was the name given to the
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2134:Speculative Store Bypass
1701:Ukrainian Cyber Alliance
1498:2017 Macron e-mail leaks
136:in response to proposed
2807:Censorship in Australia
1508:Westminster data breach
1427:Bangladesh Bank robbery
1370:2014 Yahoo! data breach
1360:2014 Sony Pictures hack
1319:2013 Yahoo! data breach
1304:South Korea cyberattack
1206:Operation Olympic Games
1201:Australian cyberattacks
860:"Hacker raid condemned"
588:"Why Conroy loves porn"
108:Government of Australia
2832:2010s internet outages
2689:Encyclopedia Dramatica
1851:Syrian Electronic Army
1561:SingHealth data breach
1324:Singapore cyberattacks
1262:RSA SecurID compromise
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2812:Internet in Australia
2140:Lazy FP state restore
1924:Kristoffer von Hassel
1577:Sri Lanka cyberattack
1447:Vietnam Airport Hacks
1288:Operation High Roller
1006:(2). Australia: 428.
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2653:Internet vigilantism
2086:Silent Bob is Silent
1146:Hacking in the 2010s
495:Agence France-Presse
158:pornographic content
2020:SS7 vulnerabilities
1556:Atlanta cyberattack
1525:Equifax data breach
1283:Stratfor email leak
1232:Canadian government
1211:Operation ShadowNet
1102:on 26 February 2011
752:on 12 February 2010
630:on 13 February 2010
600:on 20 February 2010
501:on 17 February 2010
433:on 12 February 2010
194:that would require
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2098:ROCA vulnerability
1861:The Shadow Brokers
1787:Iranian Cyber Army
1713:persistent threats
1513:Petya and NotPetya
1477:2016 Bitfinex hack
1452:DCCC cyber attacks
1411:SWIFT banking hack
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