Home Affairs and Immigration websites hit by denial-of-service cyber attacks

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People did not access visa and citizenship applications online after an attack on the interior affairs website. Lock Points Targeted cyber attack, migration services temporarily close online A targeted cyber attack temporarily close the online online immigration services. The Ministry of Interior says that a federal senator attack has not been accessed in the attack.He says closure is a disturbing event The Ministry of Interior said that the first night was informed of distributed service rejection attack and an investigation was initiated. A DDOS attack is when someone tries to disrupt the ability of others to access a server, service or network - usually by overloading with requests. In this case, the interior website, which includes pages where people could apply online visa, was not available for the public access. The department said in a statement that the attack means that people's website and online portals are "prevented briefly" overnight. However, ABC callers, as a result of the incident due to intermittent performance problems on Friday afternoon still have problems, he said. The department confirmed that no personal information was stolen. "No department holding, including personal or sensitive information, was not accessible by the threat player," the statement said.Said. "An investigation continues about conditions surrounding incident, but first assessments show that DDOS attack is designed to prevent access to our websites." Green Senator David Shoebridge said that the interior work is the chief agency on cyber security. "It is disturbing that websites can be closed so easily," he said. "We have seen billions of dollars deposited by the federal government and very few easily identifiable cyber security gains. "Today's website closure is a proof of this."