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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It is the Russians

[Cederic]

There's a level of irony that the confirmation this is the Russian state is the sheer volume of astroturf posts on here.

Just check the Anonymous Coward posts. It's truly comical.