The Australian prime minister has just given a press conference and
pointed the finger directly at IBM for this debacle. It's entirely
predictable in this day
and age that a high profile event like an online census will face some
kind of cyber attack. It happens all the time. IBM, the service
provider, did not have adequate
measures in place to deal with the attack, fundamental measures like
geo-blocking. It's a bloody disgrace!
IBMs reputation is already in tatters in Australia after the Queensland
government health payroll disaster. The Queensland government is still
refusing to budge on a
sector-wide ban on new contracts with IBM and who can blame them. After
this fiasco their brand is toxic. This is a company who government and
the private sector
would 100% trust to get the job done with integrity. Unfortunately,
those days are past now. Too many high profile failures and accusations
of underhand dealing have
ruined their credibility down here
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/ibm-should-never-have-been-appointed-finds-qld-payroll-inquiry-352362.
Maybe what IBM needs is a change in leadership.
On 10/08/2016 12:37 PM, Edward Gould wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/09/australian_census_slips_in_the_ibm_cloud/
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