SYDNEY: Australia’s first online national census was in chaos after the survey website crashed overnight due to a possible cyber attack, raising concerns over the country's cybersecurity and criticism of its slow Internet services.
“It was an attack and we believe from overseas,” Australia’s chief statistician David Kalisch told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio.
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