QBCC’s website attacked

QUEENSLAND’S building watchdog is investigating an attack on its computer system as thousands of body corporates and owners tried to log building details on the new combustible cladding register.

Queensland building owners took advantage of the last minute to comply with the first stage of the QBCC’s Safer Buildings combustible cladding audit, with more than 20,000 adding their private building assessments by the midnight deadline.

However, one user appears to have tried to shortcut the process with some not-soclever coding, hammering the site with multiple requests at the same time, and potentially blocking others from gaining access.

The QBCC said the website was able to handle the attack, which it was considering referring to police.

Thousands of commercial buildings, shopping centres, car dealerships and residential high-rise buildings feature external aluminium cladding – but builders say without lab testing it is virtually impossible to tell whether it has a flammable polythene core.