No-win situation: Although the use of tools such as Facebook's plug-in has helped scale back the online vitriol somewhat, others have railed against the removal of anonymous posting.
SYDNEY: Australia was forced to reassure its citizens that their personal data was secure on Aug 10, after malicious attacks by overseas hackers prompted an embarrassing shutdown of the online census.
Australians are required to complete the census every five years or face fines, and this was the first time there had been a major push for people to fill in the survey online.
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