At roughly 7pm tonight (Thursday 26th March), news came through the twitter feed that the classification website in Australia had been cracked and the front page altered to better reflect the function they provide here in Australia.

Just in case the nine to fivers whose parents told them to get a stable government job have noticed the changes and broken it again, here’s a screenshot of the hacked site:

And we're supposed to have faith in these guys?

So far nobody has stepped up and claimed responsibility – they don’t need to. They’ve shown that our government is asking us to have faith in an organisation that can’t even keep their front page out of harm’s way, let alone protect children.

I wonder, if the cracker had posted child porn, would ACMA have to send itself a take-down notice? Would it just blacklist itself and then not tell itself?

If the ACMA site can be so easily cracked, then what is preventing it from being hijacked the same way as the poor dentist that found himself on the blacklist.

As public servants, you’re doing a terrible job. Step up and do your job. It’s been nearly an hour now and nothing’s been fixed.

If the price of freedom is eternal vigelence, then I wonder what it is we have given that this bunch is asleep at the wheel?

*Update* I’ve changed the term ‘hacker’ to be ‘cracker’ as this is a more accurate term in this case. A hacker is someone who can create innovative solutions to problems using creativity. A cracker is somebody who deliberately intrudes, harms or defaces in an electronic environment.