Access to the official Census Bureau website, www.census.gov, has been interrupted by a security block. The service is currently preventing users from accessing the site after certain actions triggered a security solution designed to protect against online attacks.
The security service, Cloudflare, indicates that several different actions can trigger this block. These include the submission of malformed data, SQL commands, or specific words and phrases.
To resolve the issue, the site suggests that users can email the site owner to report the block. When doing so, users should provide details regarding what they were doing when the page appeared and include the Cloudflare Ray ID.
The specific Cloudflare Ray ID associated with this event is a1a11588c90947a4. The site remains under protection by Cloudflare to mitigate potential online attacks.
