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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.
These sites are the largest in Sweden and still they are vulnerable to DDOS. So: ask Slashdot: how do you cope with DDoS? What are the best tools to protect yourself and what to do when the attack is on?
It's a bit scary how easy it is to knock peoples main source of information offline. This time I don't think there was anything more to it, but in case a real attack is happening, cutting people off from what's happening is one of the first things that you do.
Could we use p2p in some form here, making sure that information can be distributed as long as there are people connected?
You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. -- Harlan Ellison
Except that Assange has no legal liability for those releases so why is the US going after him. The guilty party is in prison for a long time and is now claiming to be a female.
As to the rape allegations, under Swedish law they are legitimate accusations.
Finally that video is not nearly as inflammatory as you claim. The "Journalists" were walking with individuals openly carrying AK rifles. You'll note that the international community expressed no outrage at it. Only the Interweb expressed outrage. Actual nation states looked at it, and said that at most they were collateral damage, but as the 'Journalists" were accompanied by armed individuals carrying AK's and possible RPG's it was a legitimate act.
The Interweb screamed "Oh Noes, War Crimes!" in it's collective ignorance of what a war crime actually is. But nobody (Nations) that actually matters or understands combat and the Laws of Land Warfare was upset. They understand what is actually a war crime and what is not.