WikiLeaks under DDoS attack

[kpete]

WikiLeaks under DDoS attack
Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/28/2010 - 16:36

16:30GMT: WikiLeaks reported on Twitter: "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack."

The Guardian's David Leigh noted that "The #guardian will publish US embassy #cables tonight, even if #wikileaks goes down"

16:48GMT: WikiLeaks update: "El Pais, Le Monde, Spiegel, Guardian & NYT will publish many US embassy cables tonight, even if WikiLeaks goes down"

17:07GMT: El País on Twitter: @wikileaks: pese al ataque a su web. El Pais, Le Monde, Speigel, Guardian & NYT publicarán los papeles que desnudan la diplomacia de EEUU

17:52GMT: WikiLeaks.org appears to be back up.

more:
http://wlcentral.org/node/369

[kgnu_fan]

1. Is it back now????

[LaurenG]

2. I couldn't get in just 10 minutes ago.

I'm sure the gov is watching to see who goes there as they try to keep everyone from getting in. I am not expecting anything surprising, but I'm sure the details will be embarrassing for the government.

[NuclearDem]

3. DAMN YOU /B/