MyGov crashes as thousands seek help

[davidc4430]

MyGov website crashes as thousands seek Centrelink help amid coronavirus pandemic, Government backflips on claims cyber attack to blame

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/mygov-website-down-centrelink-massive-queues-coronavirus/1208...

Government Services Minister Stuart Robert told Parliament there was no evidence of an attack, mere hours after he claimed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber hack had occurred.

yes, blame nasty hackers when your cheapo system fails

now he has mud on his face (mud is not what i'd call it)

[imastawka]

David, why start another thread on the same thing?

[not_for_sale2025]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

MyGov website crashes as thousands seek Centrelink help amid coronavirus pandemic, Government backflips on claims cyber attack to blame

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/mygov-website-down-centrelink-massive-queues-coronavirus/1208...

Government Services Minister Stuart Robert told Parliament there was no evidence of an attack, mere hours after he claimed a distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber hack had occurred.

yes, blame nasty hackers when your cheapo system fails

now he has mud on his face (mud is not what i'd call it)

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To my knowledge nobody has openly accused Stuart Robert of lying. It is possible that the original advice he received was that it was a cyber attack, and that advice was later confirmed to be incorrect. Of course some people will use these opportunities to take cheap shots at the Government and sink the boot in. If this isn't a time for all of us to unite and put our political hatred aside, then I don't know what needs to happen to us.

[domino-710]

Hey - what do I know - I'm on 'ignore ' for even daring.

[bright.ton42]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Hey - what do I know - I'm on 'ignore ' for even daring.

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Haha who's ignoring ya?

I'm not. 

[davidc4430]

i felt kike it

[freddie*rooster]

Centrelink should be opened 24/7 with rolling staff to cover the

influx of people needing assistance. It sux to see these people

lined up waiting hours to get help. They knew this was coming

they should have been more prepared than they appear to be.

[joztamps]

Centrelink has, for years, been based on a model of making it as difficult as possible for its "clients".

It is unreasonable to expect a totally revolutionary 180 degree reversal in infrastructure and in attitudes from politicians and management inside 24 hours.

[davidc4430]

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@joztamps wrote:

Centrelink has, for years, been based on a model of making it as difficult as possible for its "clients".

It is unreasonable to expect a totally revolutionary 180 degree reversal in infrastructure and in attitudes from politicians and management inside 24 hours.

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yep, after many years of outsourcing and staff reductions they now expect the offices to smoothly deal with thousands of people in a panic.

i suspect the staff will be going home suffering from panic attacks.

[davidc4430]

Government urging people to go home as lines form around Centrelink offices, minister Stuart Robert admits not anticipating demand

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-24/centrelink-minister-stuart-robert-not-anticipate-coronavirus/...

"No-one [should be lining up] unless you don't have a phone or you don't have internet access — you can ring up or you can go online," she told the ABC.

except the reason they are lining up is the internet and phone dont work!