Unprecedented DDoS Attack At Swedish Government, Media Outlets (www.dn.se)

Flu writes: Yesterday, at 19:30 CET, an unprecedented DDOS attack shut down both Swedish government sites and all major news outlets, including www.aftonbladet.se, www.expressen.se, www.svd.se, www.dn.se, www.di.se and others. The attack was announced in advanced in a tweet stating 'The following days attacks against the Swedish government and media spreading false propaganda will be targeted'. A large amount of traffic was detected from Russia. Tension between Russia and Sweden has slowly but steadily intensified during the latest years, causing Swedish relocation of military forces to strategic location and increased cooperation with NATO.

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Sweden gets what they deserve

[Anonymous Coward]

That's what Sweden deserves for their persecution of Julian Assange. Serves them right to incur the wrath of others. By the way, there's no way to know the traffic is really from Russia because no person with half a clue about computers would engage in a DDoS attack using their own computer or network.