WikiLeaks site comes under cyberattack

Source: Associated Press

WikiLeaks site comes under cyberattack
The WikiLeaks website crashed in what appeared to be a cyberattack following the publication of State Department cables
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 31 August 2011 03.18 BST

The WikiLeaks website crashed on Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after the accelerated publication of tens of thousands of State Department cables by the anti-secrecy organisation raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential US embassy sources.

"WikiLeaks.org is presently under attack," the group said on Twitter late Tuesday. One hour later, the site and the cables posted there were inaccessible.

WikiLeaks updated its Twitter account to say that it was "still under a cyberattack" and directed followers to search for cables on a mirror site or a separate search system, cablegatesearch.net.

The apparent cyberattack comes after current and former American officials said the recently released cables – and concerns over the protection of sources – are creating a fresh source of diplomatic setbacks and embarrassment for the Obama administration. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/31/wikileaks-site-cyberattack-cable-release

RIAA has done this in the past, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case as well.

Never mind. That's something else.

The internet has an uncanny ability to subvert censorship.

EDIT: And now I'm reading random Guantanmo files, while listening to sad music and smoking pot. Great combo.

Whistleblowers are NOT popular.

:wtf:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/wikileaks-blames-newspaper-over-insurance-file-password-disclosure/57035