What Was Operation Titstorm

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OPERATION TITSTORM!
Occurred from 8am, February 10, 2010 as a protest against the Australian Government over the forthcoming internet filtering legislation and the perceived censorship in pornography of small-breasted women (who are thought to be under age) and female ejaculation. The protest consisted of a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) on Australian Government websites. An attack five months ago had not been successful. The Australian anti-censorship groups complained that the attack only hurts their cause, and Australian government members dismissed the attack and said that they would just restore the service when the attack finished. Analysis of the attacks cited their peak bandwidth at under 17Mbit, a figure considered small when compared with other DDoS attacks.

The operation began as a protest responding to a plan by Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy that would require internet service providers to block illegal and what the government deemed as "unwanted" content. Websites to be blocked feature pornography showing rape, bestiality, child sex abuse, small-breasted women (who may appear under the legal age), and female ejaculation. Drawn depictions of such acts are included in the proposal. The filter also includes gambling sites along with others showing drug use.

Google has questioned the proposal, saying the prohibitions would be too broad. It is strongly opposed by free speech groups. A poll conducted by McNair Ingenuity Research for the Hungry Beast television program found that 80% of their 1000 respondents were in favor of the concept of the plan.

The Department of Defence's Cyber Security Operations Centre discovered the attack was coming on 5 February. A statement released to the press two days before the attack said, "No government should have the right to refuse its citizens access to information solely because they perceive it to be 'unwanted'." It went on to read, "The Australian Government will learn that one does not mess with our porn. No one messes with our access to perfectly legal (or illegal) content for any reason."

Anonymous had previously garnered media attention with protests against Church of Scientology and the Iranian government. In September 2009, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website was hacked in a similar protest to proposed internet censorship reforms.

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[matthewstras]

Ahaha.

My government sucks.

[TopleggedSkater]

@matthewstras

Exactly lul.

[matthewstras]

@TopleggedSkater

Yeah i read the description, didn't watch teh vid.

soz.