DDoS attack? Mad dash to file forms? No, errant network switch crashed Australian tax service

Strewth, mate!

On Friday, with tax-return season underway, the websites of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) suddenly went TITSUP (Totally Inefficient Tax Service: Under Performing), causing anguish to thousands of Aussies.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/15/australian_switch_outage/