In 2016 Australia’s online census crashed and burned after legitimate attempts to complete the survey were mistaken for a DDOS attack, the routers funneling traffic failed and disaster recovery plans did likewise.
A probe into the fail revealed poor planning, little testing, and many red faces. The mess ultimately saw IBM pay AU$30m to the Australian government to compensate for costs incurred in making the census available. Big Blue was vindicated, to some degree, by the fact that Australian government agencies signed off on its security plans. However the incident, which came to be known as #Censusfail, became a byword for Australia’s government being bad at technology.
Little wonder, then, that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) decided to commission an independent audit of its preparedness for the 2021 cens ..
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