WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack

wiredmikey writes "WikiLeaks has reported that its Web site is currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack. The attack comes around the time of an expected release of classified State Department documents, which the Obama administration says will put 'countless' lives at risk, threaten global counterterrorism operations and jeopardize US relations with its allies."

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attacked by whom?

[Sprouticus]

So who OTHER than the US government could be responsible for the attack?

Guardian released leak already

[devbox]

US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomacy crisis

Possible attacker

[kju]

One self proclaimed "Hacktivist for good" claims responsibility for the DoS-Attack: http://twitter.com/th3j35t3r

He threatened before that he would do that when Wikileaks releases, see last comment on http://th3j35t3r.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/wikileaks-insurance-policy-expired/

Re:Administration has zero credibility

[Anonymous Coward]

It's out

and related picture

Re:Administration has zero credibility

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, and if you actually had read any of them instead of telling others to read them, you'd realize that in the 70k documents they published the last time there were a total of 3 informant names. One was already dead, one was a double agent and the other no longer relevant.

Re:Administration has zero credibility

[dcollins]

A thorough Department of Defense analysis concluded -- Wikileaks released no sensitive source information, and to date no Afghans have been harmed or threatened from it.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/16/wikileaks.assessment/index.html?hpt=T2

Re:These documents should not be released.

[Scrameustache]

The Iraq and Afghan dumps were only "a little harmful" and barely worthy of classification. These cables, on the other hand, are strategically damaging the U.S., its interests, and its allies. Wikileaks should be exposing corruption, wrongdoing, and illegality. It shouldn't take what appears to all outside observers as a vendetta against the U.S.

You're not making sense, they're exposing corruption, wrongdoing and illegality, and you complain that they're doing it to someone you'd rather think of as uncorrupted. Boohoofuckinghoo.

Re:These documents should not be released.

[unity100]

What wikileaks is doing is un-American and is the same as supporting terrorism

tell me what do you classify the things below as :

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

dont give us 'supporting terrorism' bullshit.

Re:Come on, be serious

[unity100]

hmmmm. yeah. wikileaks probably did more harm than the 'strategic superiority of us' did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html

i find your ideas disgusting. your place is in 1930s. not 2010.

Re:Administration has zero credibility

[jeff4747]

How about we don't put the names of civilian informants in documents that can be easily leaked? Even in stupid spy novels they are smart enough to use code names or non-descriptive identifiers in diplomatic cable.

Congratulations! You've identified the difference between "raw" intelligence and intelligence reports. They will indeed have names like "Curveball" in the intelligence reports, but the raw intelligence includes the person's name.

Re:The leaks are not the problem

[X.25]

Your attitude is naive and idiotic. Regardless of your feelings, there are dangerous and evil men in the world. Overall, The United States is the greatest force for good in this world. The free press has traditionally been an excellent force to keep American voters informed and hold politicians accountable for their actions/policies.

Wikileaks does none of these things. All that Wikileaks does is undermine the efforts of the United States and the West to safeguard and make the world a better place. Make no mistake, these actions strengthen those who stand opposed to us who would like to see their own personal fortunes/power grow at the expense of democratic/free nations.

You may be opposed to specific US/Western policies but, frankly, it's the best we have. Your protests remind me of the Churchill quote: "democracy is the worst form of government except for all of the others".

And this is the reason why drugs are bad...

Re:These documents should not be released.

[Sique]

The basic reaction in the german Spiegel forum about the U.S.'s opinion of german politicans was: "Nothing new to see here. Just my opinion being confirmed." I guess this is generally true for most other countries.
Or to put it differently: If the U.S. assessment was widely different from what most people were thinking anyway, I would have been wondering if the U.S. diplomats and the world were living in parallel universes.

Re:Administration has zero credibility

[Kagura]

The official Wikileaks release is out. Also, scroll down and mod this comment more highly as it is not a troll, and is simply representative of moderation abuse here on Slashdot. The post is well-written and not inflammatory. Promote other ideas on Slashdot instead of squashing them, even if you disagree.