DDoS Attacks Against WikiLeaks Continue

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WikiLeaks’ publication of a large cache of confidential and secret U.S. diplomatic cables at the beginning of this week turned the organization into a target for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

The first attack was launched last Sunday, on the eve of the release, and caused significant disruptions to the WikiLeaks website.

According to Arbor Networks, a DDoS protection solutions provider, the attack generated traffic of between 2 and 4 Gbps, making it modest compared to others.

A lone hacktivist nicknamed “The Jester” took credit for the attack via Twittter, claiming that he did it because the leak endangered the lives of U.S. troops and other assets.

“In earlier tweets, the Jester boasted of using low bandwidth application layer attacks instead of relying on large botnets (all of which is consistent with the data ATLAS observed for this Wikileaks attack),” commented Dr. Craig Labovitz, chief scientist at Arbor Networks.

Since then, the whistleblower site has switched to using Amazon mirrors instead of its primary hosting provider in Sweden, which should have theoretically offered better protection against DDoS.

But yesterday the organization announced a new attack, this time larger, and causing a traffic of over 10 Gbps.

“We are currently under another DDOS attack,” WikiLeaks announced via Twitter. “DDOS attack now exceeding 10 Gigabits a second,” it later added.

At the moment there’s no new information as to who might be behind the second attack. The Jester has had some trouble with the authorities, who executed a search warrant at his house on Monday and seized his equipment.

The cablegate.wikileaks.org website, which allows people to explore the leaked diplomatic cables in a variety of ways, was targeted in particular.

However, overall, the attacks did not disrupt the flow of information too much, because all of the documents were already shared in advance with leading newspapers around the world, who continue to publish articles based on them.

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[Ambrocious]

Freedom is being chocked out slowly by the restriction of information...this cannot continue. Let the truth be told and let the truth be known! I am very sad to have to been born in the United States in this greatly corrupt time in history. I wish there was some way of making retribute for the crimes against humanity that this war has caused. Viva Los Wikileaks! The truth must come out and justice will be swift I hope. All those who planned the false flag attack that the world knows as 9/11 and those that organized these wars that continue to this day and knew full well that it was on on the basis of power and control need to be hung in public for high crimes against humanity. My God...what insidious times we live in...

And now for the reason that we are still entangled in wars...the mother of all reasons being used ever since September 11th of 2001. The reason based on a more than heinous crime...but a downright evil plight.

For an amazing video exposing 9/11 as an inside job, watch Loose Change. There are 3 different versions of Loose Change...see them all if you want to but see this one first.

Watch "

" to understand the complexity of false flag attacks.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3719259008768610598#

Here is another version if you want it instead.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501&hl=en&emb=1

The most recently produced version was made in 2009 and it is more sharply done. See it here: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/eHFAtL7ak70/

[MrVoice]

Releasing diplomatic information, especially when the owner/founder of WikiLeaks has no vested interest or responsibility as a U.S. citizen, is the highest form of evil. There is no inalienable right to undermine a government's ability to deal with threats and negotiate with allies. This man's "crusade" for "freedom of information" ruins the same foundations of freedom he espouses to be protecting; it is a petty child's desire to feel self-important while destroying the lives and livelihoods of others through his negligence and downright ethical cruelty. I hope someone like The Jester nukes the entire site annihilating all the stolen government information instead of just doing weak DDoS attacks that don't prevent the damage that is the sole consequence of WikiLeaks' actions. Shame on anyone that thinks these treasons (which they would be if Mr. Assange were a U.S. citizen. Anyone wonder why he doesn't have the guts to step on U.S. soil?) will have ANY "good" effect on our government, country, or foreign relations. You are deluded and need to wake up to the complexities and difficulties of running a democracy. This is not about activists revealing the duplicities of a police state, it is a group of vigilantes compromising everything for which our diplomats and armed forces have worked. Shame, shame, SHAME on you, Mr. Assange!

[Nemesis]

Releasing diplomatic information, especially when the owner/founder of WikiLeaks has no vested interest or responsibility as a U.S. citizen, is the highest form of evil. There is no inalienable right to undermine a government's ability to deal with threats and negotiate with allies. This man's "crusade" for "freedom of information" ruins the same foundations of freedom he espouses to be protecting; it is a petty child's desire to feel self-important while destroying the lives and livelihoods of others through his negligence and downright ethical cruelty. I hope someone like The Jester nukes the entire site annihilating all the stolen government information instead of just doing weak DDoS attacks that don't prevent the damage that is the sole consequence of WikiLeaks' actions. Shame on anyone that thinks these treasons (which they would be if Mr. Assange were a U.S. citizen. Anyone wonder why he doesn't have the guts to step on U.S. soil?) will have ANY "good" effect on our government, country, or foreign relations. You are deluded and need to wake up to the complexities and difficulties of running a democracy. This is not about activists revealing the duplicities of a police state, it is a group of vigilantes compromising everything for which our diplomats and armed forces have worked. Shame, shame, SHAME on you, Mr. Assange!

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I would sympathize if these releases were against china, or north Korea, Iran, or any country under communistic regimes or bent on defying the rest of the world instead of working with each other. I do, however believe that they had this coming. anyone stupid enough to send personal comments on any sort of official connection that makes logs with these ramifications deserves to get in some kind of trouble :frusty:

[implague]

the us is the largest wapon devolopers in whole world so they must need buyers for that purpose they created more heist in the world and make sure many countries will suspect to each other and the other thing is america has many heavy and classified waepons that they could not share or sell to other country for that purpose they need scapegoats to testify the wapons.America always sold their fighter jets to countries which geologically faraway frm them they never sold any wapons to their neighbour country they are the greatest conpiracy creators and yrt they talking about humanity and world peace :angry:

[KotaXor]

Why am I not surprise?

More to come.

[Atasas]

I know, it might be a shocker, but somehow I can not take one side or other ... :unsure:

invalid opinion/post :thumbsdown: