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Wikileaks DDoSed Again

Posted by Unknown on from the can't-catch-a-break dept.

twoheadedboy writes "After being hit by a '72-hour' DDoS in May, WikiLeaks is claiming to be under attack yet again. All its sites appear to be down and fingers have already been pointed at government entities. WikiLeaks, posting on Twitter, said it had its suspicions of why it was being targeted. It was either because of its ongoing releases related to Stratfor and Syria, or because of an upcoming release, Julian Assange's organization speculated. The fact that everyone is currently engrossed in the Olympics may have given attackers good reason to target the websites right now, WikiLeaks said."

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  1. Or WikiLeaks Pulled Its Own Plug... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    to stay in the spotlight.

    1. Re:Or WikiLeaks Pulled Its Own Plug... by Desler · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's amazing how these DDoSes conveniently happen at around the same time Julian's name starts fading from the news headlines. Do we have independent verification that there really is a DDoS and not just more of Assange media whoring?

    2. Re:Or WikiLeaks Pulled Its Own Plug... by benjfowler · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Interesting.

      It probably wouldn't be hard for that loony to get some of his mates to DDoS the Wikileaks website whenever they need to raise a bit more money to keep Assange in his high-flying superspy lifestyle.

    3. Re:Or WikiLeaks Pulled Its Own Plug... by Desler · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Except that they admitted to doing it? OMG! Wikileaks itself is a false flag operation!