DDoS Attack On Wikileaks Increasing

tetrahedrassface writes "According to the Twitter feed for Wikileaks, the attack on the controversial site is increasing and is now at 10 Gigabits per second. In light of the recent release of highly sensitive documents and calls by many lawmakers around the world to swiftly find, extradite, and try suspected rapist Julius Assange for breaches of national security, one nation, Ecuador, has offered asylum."

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Re:Wikileaks isn't a leaks aleaks site anymore

[IgnoramusMaximus]

Where did all the other leaks, private and government go then? Why did they pull even the old ones from their archives? Justify that.

Justification A: in case of a DDOS one tries to minimize the load on the servers and to do that you have to make the website as small as possible. This usually means that all archives go offline and only the last, most current info stays.

Justification B: You are a petulant whiner, whose mentality is that of a criminal who being hauled away by a cop will moan and bitch that the drug dealer on the next street is getting away from the same cop and therefore you, in your twisted mind, deserve to be let go also. Never you mind that you happen to be the most obnoxious, violent and best armed - by far - thug in the whole neighborhood. In your view either all other criminals have to be caught before you or all must be let go - well you don't really give a shit about them but you must be immune - and if the cop focuses on you first, that is "anti you" and "immoral" and somehow "evil". He must catch every pickpocket, burglar and bicycle thief first - before you, the mass murderer, can be brought to justice or the cop is just your personal enemy otherwise and has "no moral high ground". This "logic" is prevalent amongst the "patriots" in any debate involving USA and Israel and any sort of accountability for any actions of the citizens of these places abroad.

Re:Wikileaks isn't a leaks aleaks site anymore

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

Now they are simply an anti-US organization. They lost all claim to moral superiority or credibility at that point.

This view is no doubt a common one in some quarters, but ultimately stems from the unstated and absolutist belief that the United States is intrinsically a force for good in the world. Noam Chomsky mentions this, in relation to the Vietnam War, where even the most left wing of commentators described the war as "[US] blundering efforts to do good". The unquestioning narrative presented was that "US==GOOD, always". I'm sure a lot of Americans even believe it.

Suffice to say this is not the case. Wikileaks has exposed the underlying hypocrisy, corruption, deceit and outright lies behind the public relations veneer. That's real journalism, not the obsequious boot-licking of the shills you call journalists.

And now, having gorged yourself on the swill of lies presented by the mainstream interests, you have the nerve to object--to even be offended--when someone offers you a glass of truth. Go back to your trough; you're not fit to raise your head from it.

Re:At least someone has balls (and common sense)

[BitZtream]

that's actually an endorsement in my book

That makes you effectively even more retarded than she is.

When you base things on doing the opposite of someone else rather than thinking for yourself, it makes you look like an ignorant fuck, just letting you know.