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"the site was load tested at 1 million submissions per hour, which if obviously not enough for the evening peak time on census night." Yep. There were some oth
by bootload 10y ago
"the site was load tested at 1 million submissions per hour, which if obviously not enough for the evening peak time on census night."
Yep. There were some other technical/spec insights. Like the router failure [0] and the most important bit the use of really poor techniques [1],[2] to ID sensitive data and the potential sale of it. [3]
[0] https://twitter.com/riskybusiness/status/763583981749100545 https://twitter.com/riskybusiness/status/763583981749100545
[1] https://twitter.com/peterrenshaw/status/763266008383578112 https://twitter.com/peterrenshaw/status/763266008383578112
[2] "using publicly available data @TurnbullMalcolm yr #SLK581 is URBCO241019542" ~ https://twitter.com/peterrenshaw/status/763244867564601344 https://twitter.com/peterrenshaw/status/763244867564601344
[3] http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/census-meltdown-just-the-latest-bureau-of-statistics-bungle-20160809-gqow3e http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/cen...