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WikiLeaks Attacked on the Eve of US Diplomatic Cables Leak
As it was preparing to begin releasing a massive cache of secret US diplomatic cables, WikiLeaks was hit by a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which temporarily crippled its website.
The announcement was made from the organizations official Twitter account and read: "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack."
The identity of the attacker has not been confirmed, but a hacktivist calling himself th3j35st3r (The Jester in l33t speak), who specializes in attacking jidhadist websites, took credit for the DDoS via his Twitter account.
" www.wikileaks.org - TANGO DOWN - for attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations," he wrote several times.
He also noted that "If I was a wikileaks 'source' right now I'd be getting a little twitchy, if they cant protect their own site, how can they protect a src?"
As it was preparing to begin releasing a massive cache of secret US diplomatic cables, WikiLeaks was hit by a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which temporarily crippled its website.
The announcement was made from the organizations official Twitter account and read: "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack."
The identity of the attacker has not been confirmed, but a hacktivist calling himself th3j35st3r (The Jester in l33t speak), who specializes in attacking jidhadist websites, took credit for the DDoS via his Twitter account.
" www.wikileaks.org - TANGO DOWN - for attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations," he wrote several times.
He also noted that "If I was a wikileaks 'source' right now I'd be getting a little twitchy, if they cant protect their own site, how can they protect a src?"
Story: http://news.softpedi...ak-169176.shtml
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