WikiLeaks back after being forced offline
The website of whistle-blowing organization WikiLeaks has been shut down by the company providing it with domain name services, BBC reports.
Friday, 03.12.2010.
09:36
The website of whistle-blowing organization WikiLeaks has been shut down by the company providing it with domain name services, BBC reports. EveryDNS.net said it had terminated services because WikiLeaks.org had come under massive cyber attacks. WikiLeaks back after being forced offline It said the attacks threatened its infrastructure and endangered access to thousands of other websites. The memos, which discuss U.S. diplomatic relations and military activities, have been causing controversy across the world. In a post on Twitter, WikiLeaks acknowledged that its domain had been "killed" by EveryDNS.net. The website has since announced on its Twitter account that WikiLeaks has moved to wikileaks.ch. It also published a list of mirrors. The Guardian said on its website that this amounts to the United States opening up a dramatic new front against WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange this morning said the development is an example of the "privatization of state censorship" in the U.S. and is a "serious problem." "These attacks will not stop our mission, but should be setting off alarm bells about the rule of law in the United States," he warned. WikiLeaks came under repeated massive DDoS attacks since it started publishing more than 250,000 classified American diplomatic cables last Sunday. Amazon.com dropped the website from its hosting service on Wednesday - a move urged and welcomed by U.S. officials. euronews.net reports today that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman said: “It’s probably the single greatest act and the most terrible act of espionage against the United States in our history, because WikiLeaks used the massive power and openness of the internet to disseminate stolen classified information around the world.” But many others applaud Wikileaks, and some of the world’s most respected news organizations are working with the website to spread the information, euronews concludes. (Beta/AP)
WikiLeaks back after being forced offline
It said the attacks threatened its infrastructure and endangered access to thousands of other websites.The memos, which discuss U.S. diplomatic relations and military activities, have been causing controversy across the world.
In a post on Twitter, WikiLeaks acknowledged that its domain had been "killed" by EveryDNS.net.
The website has since announced on its Twitter account that WikiLeaks has moved to wikileaks.ch. It also published a list of mirrors.
The Guardian said on its website that this amounts to the United States opening up a dramatic new front against WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange this morning said the development is an example of the "privatization of state censorship" in the U.S. and is a "serious problem."
"These attacks will not stop our mission, but should be setting off alarm bells about the rule of law in the United States," he warned.
WikiLeaks came under repeated massive DDoS attacks since it started publishing more than 250,000 classified American diplomatic cables last Sunday.
Amazon.com dropped the website from its hosting service on Wednesday - a move urged and welcomed by U.S. officials.
euronews.net reports today that U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman said: “It’s probably the single greatest act and the most terrible act of espionage against the United States in our history, because WikiLeaks used the massive power and openness of the internet to disseminate stolen classified information around the world.”
But many others applaud Wikileaks, and some of the world’s most respected news organizations are working with the website to spread the information, euronews concludes.
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