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1. darajava · 1790258172 · focus · HN ↗

   Having lived in Australia for a while, I’ve been struck by how clunky and outdated many of the software systems I’ve encountered are - particularly in government and banking sectors. In my experience, there’s often a bureaucratic approach to technology that makes straightforward things unnecessarily complicated.

   Why was this government website so easy to hack into? Based on what I've seen, their security could be so flimsy that even slightly abnormal usage could have led to unauthorised access. Although we don't know the details of the hack, I can't imagine it was technically very difficult.

   1. chrisjj · 1790265469 · focus · HN ↗

      > Why was this government website so easy to hack into?

      Nothing in the report suggests it was.

      And the absence of reoorts if other hacks suggests it wasn't.

      1. darajava · 1790282288 · focus · HN ↗

         No, nothing suggests that it was hard either. I guess we need to wait and see if technical details are released.

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