Comment by dhx

ABC have picked up this story now at [1], but ABC are treating it as two separate events, possibly directly connected though:

1. Probing of AIHW's website to try and obtain PBS statistics, as collusion.wiki findings show. The collusion.wiki findings don't indicate anything other than intentionally public data was obtained. Bots appear to be trying to get around Cloudflare geo-blocking implemented on AIHW's public website. I can't think of a reason why geo-blocking may be deemed necessary on that website though?

2. Probing of an outdated Medicare statistics reporting website. (I guess at [2] this could be the recently shut down https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/australia-defends-pbs...