Australian state government ministers have accused journalists of hacking after they accessed a public Web site and viewed unprotected files.

"Reporters claim they simply acted on a tip to check for information on an unannounced website -- nswtransportblueprint.com.au," writes The Register's John Leyden. "So the 'hacking' by the self-confessed tech-clueless hacks seems to have involved nothing beyond following links on a publicly viewable site and printing off pages of documents."

"Ministers have reportedly referred the matter to police, an investigation only likely to expose ministers to ridicule," Leyden writes.

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