"The corporate regulator has revealed that it accidentally blocked access to a quarter of a million websites because its staff misunderstood a basic feature of internet technology.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission made the blunder when it was trying to black-list a small number of websites it suspected of defrauding Australians.
But it says staff who ordered the block didn't realise that suspending access to the site would affect many more hosted on the same IP address."
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission made the blunder when it was trying to black-list a small number of websites it suspected of defrauding Australians.
But it says staff who ordered the block didn't realise that suspending access to the site would affect many more hosted on the same IP address."
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