‘Under Attack’: Wikileaks Says Its Website Has Been Hacked
- Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:55am by
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NEW YORK (The Blaze/AP) — The WikiLeaks website says it’s under a forceful Internet-based attack, and the site is inaccessible to users in U.S. and Europe.
The site, which just distributed a trove of U.S. diplomatic documents, said in a Twitter message on Tuesday morning that it’s under a “distributed denial of service attack,” a method commonly used by hackers to slow down or bring down sites.
The site was under attack Sunday, but Tuesday’s attack appears to be more powerful. WikiLeaks said the malicious traffic was coming in at 10 gigabits per second, which would make it a relatively large effort.
The WikiLeaks site is hosted in Sweden and devoted to releasing anonymously submitted documents.
As of publication, however, the site was accessible.
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Comments (141)
sconnolly
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:43amWe must stop the flow of information at all cost now that it is leaking stuff from the past two years. As long as they leak stuff to make bush look bad it’s a ok! Think!!!
Report Post »TruthMakesYouFree
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:41amThis is going to be the least of this mans problems,,, he’s going to be moving around more than yooomammabeenladen,,,, every few hours,,, and all to no avail,, that is what the last satellite that the pentagon sent up was for,,, TRACKING,,, he’s number one,,, his life ain’t worth spit right about now,,, watch and see
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:42pmI find your name and your comment ironic. This man published the truth about documents, shedding light on State Department inner memo’s yet you believe he should be caught, captured like an animal. Perhaps a summery execution on the spot would put a smile on your face. What is wrong with our fellow countrymen.
Report Post »sconnolly
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:41amYes, we better stop him now before he reveals anything that may shed a bad light on hilary and obama……..funny how this seems to work.
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:41amI’ve had no trouble getting to their site.
Report Post »He’s trying to make it seem that their is informaton that is important in the cables.
I have found nothing yet .
If anything , so far, this release shows the world the US doesn’t have much to hide.
Calling Prince Andrew’s behaviour in a candid discussion., “bordering on the rude” is not a scandal
psst
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:37amWell! You put a disturbed Queer in the service, then you gave him a high security clearance,(knowing he’s disturb) then you had to reprimand him Twice (once for attacking a superior). On top of that, he got to keep his top security clearance.
Report Post »Well!! This is what you get . Wikileaks.
This is reminiscent of the Moslem dr. in the Army who was known to be in contcact w/ radical moslem terrorists. So what does the Army do?
They transferred him to Fort Hood to murder our soldiers instead of kicking him out when it came to light by his superiors that he was blogging w/ moslem terrorists.
Political correctness is killing US.
And does anyone seriously think anything will change? Hell No.
Political correctness and Multi-culturism is the way of our future.We will have them even if it kills US.
BTW.. It’s doing just that.
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:36amThese are just DOS attacks. DOS attacks are the infant level of “hacking”, if you want to call it that. They‘ll get a handle on it and get back online soon I’m certain.
Report Post »GD Mormon
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:31amPersonally, i don’t think that the hack is good. Hacking=Silencing=Loss of Free Speech. Defeat them in the arena of ideas and exposing the links to radicals, etc. as Glen has been doing, etc, etc… not by hacking servers.
Report Post »jjufon
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:28ami truly dont understand why posters here have a problem with Wleaks.
they didnt hack or steal the documents; the gov LOST them!
had the actual guy who did steal them send them to say, the NYT, do you really believe they wouldn’t be reporting on them?
the gov wants everyone to focus on them so no one will question why they couldn’t keep control of their controlled documents.
Report Post »Speed Racer
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:27amHahahahah! I‘m somewhat surprised they didn’t expect something like this to happen. Quite a funny read.
Report Post »flamingliberal
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:26amNo big deal, it was a weak attack.
Report Post »They have multiple peering points and can sustain over 100 GBPS in bandwidth usage. In looking at the traffic pattern it seemed like it was NOT an attack, just the inevitable result of panicked diplomats world-wide and gleeful pundits ALL trying to get to the honey-pot all at once. IF someone was serious in taking them down, they would STILL be down….
Gonzo
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:26amNow, a couple slugs in the back of his head and we’re done with the whole mess.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:33amNo. No. In a world where Libia and Iran can chair the Human Rights Commission, Julian will be a hero. Oliver Stone may already be planning a tribute to him.
Report Post »Jerbear1098
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:23amGuess being in that bunker, can’t escape a DDOS. AH hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!!
Report Post »Truth-Wielder
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:22amCan‘t say I’m crying over them getting hacked, but I have to agree with Glenn Beck last night.
He pointed out that the lion’s share of the info was already known if you did your homework and gathered the facts. So what would be the point of releasing them?
I‘m more curious as to who else he’s receiving the info from, and more importantly, why socialism and anarchy are the endgames.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:45amWho he is getting it from I could not be sure; the end game part is fairly simple. Have chaos happen from what looks like all directions and the people who do not understand the truth screaming for the administration to do something.
Chaos is used as an agent of change and transformation. One form of mathmatics about a decade ago was called Chaos mathmatics; the suprise was that despite all the apperant randomness among the ‘chaotic changes’ there turned out to be a structured dynamic to each part.
This dynamic is the new shadow government structure Soros and the administration have been in the process of setting up.
Report Post »OmegaMan
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:21amIf the power existed to take the site down through a DDOS attack, why wasn’t it done BEFORE they leaked the information?
Report Post »mrsclark
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:49amThat is what I would like to know, if they could do this now, why not do it BEFORE? Not that it would have stopped the release, cause they had already disseminated the documents to the media outlets. And what good does it do to temporarily shut down the site and have it be up again now?
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:21ammaybe since they hacked it perhaps they can figure out how to shove it into a dark place never to be seen again ? Now that would be cool !
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:44amSo you’re of the opinion that the back room back stabbing and Machiavellian games of the State Department, which create enemies for us around the world, should be kept under wraps and none of us should know about them?
Report Post »sconnolly
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:27pm@ ghost
I am appalled at the knee jerk reaction playing out on these boards. It’s exactly the kind of reaction the Obama admin is hoping for. Maybe next they will decide The Blaze is a “right wing extremist website” and it will need to be shut down to protect the nation….bad precedent being set here.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 5:04pmGHOSTOF JEFFERSON….I’m thinking quite like you are!!! Amazing ain’t it? If we are going to go forward in any kind of positive way at this juncture, I say let it all hang out…there is not one man on Earth that I trust: democrat-republican -independent…Senator-rep- attorney-et al……well. I know Christians that I trust with my life and family, but no-one in government…not one man! Everything MUST be exposed..let God himself sort things out. This madness has got to stop. If America has been corrupted so completely that it deserves divine retribution, then bring it on…let the Lord cleanse us BEFORE the stuff hits the fan. I’m beginning to feel dirty myself, protecting the dirty little secrets of a progressive dynasty that even includes people I have loved but no longer trust. It is apparent to me that there is way more to regret than we know about. Why should we defend the very institutions that have let us down so blatantly? My last stand will be for the righteousness of CHRIST.
Report Post »There is NO political solution. You know why? Because the depth of the depravity, into which the entire world has fallen is so profound that only the purifying fire of God can make it right!
Are you threatened by the prospect of meeting your maker? If you are, unload the cargo that you have been carrying around, and get with the program. Put on the Gospel Armour and stand up straight and tall. The knowledge of the Lord’s plan is our best and only defense against the EVIL that is overtaking our world. God’s will be done. There are no secrets in His presence. Do not be deceived.
heavyduty
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:20amWell so much for that big bunker it’s in. But it makes you wonder who he pissed off the most. The hacker could be a lot of different people from a lot of different places. One thing about it. It couldn’t happened to a more deserving guy.
Report Post »ssnic1
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:17amjust breaks my heart.
Report Post »Raven249
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:16amlol Go hackers, go! About time they messed around on a site that needs messing.
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:15amHackers getting hacked… and they cry about it.. LOL
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:13amwell duh…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:11amDefinitely not wild about the idea that this can happened but since it has, too bad. Just a nudge.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:20amGuess in this case there was someone, or some group of people who decided to nudge back.
Thanksgiving went great, thank you. Got down this morning to just above 20 degrees.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:08amnation killer “wikileaks” under attack? finally?! now to find the creep assange and drag him in. Club-Fed Gitmo is too good for him.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:20amNothing like a good old case of karma!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:47amNot only a nation killer but a rapist as well.
Report Post »Quest4Truth
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 7:07amThis Assange guy gives me the creeps. He looks so much like the two brothers who founded Acorn. ( I can’t recall their names, darn it.) Those two also give me the creeps. Have they risen up from under the Earth?
Report Post »sorebird
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:06amIf we could only get Wiki to download some bootleg music then we would have them shut down HMMM.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:21amYou are right, we must have priority. Stop the music sites NOW!!!! Not!!
Report Post »the Life Of Reilly
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:29amSeem to remember we freed Sweden during WWII. Now they give safe-harbor to Anti-Us websites. Ya
Report Post »Nvrforget
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:51pmActually, Sweden remained “neutral”, which meant selling steel and armaments to both sides :) US military operations in WWII involved France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Austria, and Germany.
Report Post »LLATPOH
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:01amNot necessarily condoning it, but hey, it‘s not like they weren’t begging for it with their actions.
Report Post »docvet
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 2:37pmMore damage can be done by exposing his connections with Soros and the other one-worlders. Also, if this is Obama’s idea of “transparency in government”, that, too. (Right Glenn?)
I like MSG’s idea, publish everything that can be found about everybody involved in WikiLeaks.
Report Post »COMMIESSUCK
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:57amAwwwww….so sad to hear.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:03amAgree. If he has no ill-intent, then why publish the documents? He must want a WWIII.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:05amMuhahahahahahaha……………
Makes me LOL
Won’t be on for awhile, surgery calls me, but you all have a very Merry Christmas and peace in your hearts.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFxxQnhT5XQ
I chose the link, because of all the times I have listened to this song, this, IMO is the best done. Who would have thought this lady could do it………
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:10amAt least someone out in cyberspace is actually doing something to punish these people and that enough is enough. Unless they are just making the matter up to bring even more sympathy unto themselves while again blaming ‘bas old America.”
http://www.artinphoneix.com/gallery/grimm
MSG
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:12amSomeone should investigate him and his extended family… and post all their information on the web…
Report Post »see if they like being exposed…
broker0101
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:13amCOMMIE, are you kidding? NOTHING goes un-commented-upon on The Blaze!!!!!!!!
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:17amOne word response.
GOOD!
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:17amPoetic justice for the hacker to be getting hacked. And they are crying like babies… LOL
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:21amMaybe someone could expose his accomplices, I’ll bet that would be news.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:21amMSG I think that is a brilliant idea, this guy is such a creep, I’ll bet he has alot of skeletons in his closet. If I knew how to bring down a website I would certainly start with that one.
Broker, This site is made for people to comment on, what’s your problem?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:23amBy the way, anyone want to figure how soon the administration, or someone in it will not only take credit for stopping wikipedia; they will also blame this attack on the ‘hostile, hate filled, right winged conservative/tea parties’ to advance another part of their agenda?
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:32amWikileaks is “AfterGate”
They always release information we have already figured out…
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:53amDenial of Service Attacks are not hacks. :)
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:56amI actually think the reason they tweeted “10 gigs a second” is because they don’t care.
You servers can be under a DDOS attack and still be ok.
Theyre making fun. Having a joke at our expense. And that’s amusing, if not also disturbing.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:56amand now it begins
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A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:03pmAnyone can perform a Denial of Service Attack. In fact, we do it all the time.
Every time you visit a web page, you’re denying service to anyone else for a split second. That’s how the Internet is supposed to work.
These aren’t hacks.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:25pmHmm, could it be China showing how powerful and effective their new super-duper computer is?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:48pmI‘m sorry but it’s a little late. The birds have flown the coop the horses have left the barn. What ever saying you want to use, Your a day late and a dollar short they are all saying….. YOUR LATE and I want to know WHY WHY WHY did you not do this attack before the first dump of information. WHY WHY WHY?
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:56pmAs many have pointed out a denial of service attack is not a “hack”. But perhaps those at wikileaks are too dumb to know the difference. The timing of all this is just too coincidental. I smell a rat with this Administration. They are probably colluding with the little sissy boy Julian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8DnA4Ro9tQ
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:32pm@CultureWarriors
To be clear, The Blaze called it a hack, not Wikileaks.
Wikileaks knows this is not a hack.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:25pm@Ken so if he had good intentions, he wouldn’t blow the whistle on anyone? Just let secrets remain secrets? Good way to run a free society.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:50pmHey I want to know about the bank that is in trouble.. after all the tax money to bail banks out we should at least KNOW how we got screwed.. I do think the Wall Street one would at least be interesting.. just to verify what we already suspect..
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:27pmMilitary secrets…no cyber attack. Diplomatic secrets… no cyber attack. announce a wall street expose’…..BIG CYBER ATTACK!!!
Report Post »Aldo_the_Apche
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 4:45pmthey are just peons in a much bigger game
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:00pmFrankly, I am not surprised – the site it probably being hacked by the government. http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:22pmimagine that…
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:59pmSITE STILL DOWN. woot
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:17pmVery good news!!!
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:19pmAPatriotFirst,
God luck with the surgery. Will say a prayer for you that all goes well.
Have a Merry Christmas (and pain-free too).
PatriotShops.com
Report Post »casseopea42
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:35pmnot a hack but effective….for most of tuesday I was trying to get onto that site with no success. I dont think they are laughing about it I am quite sure there was wikipanic. Once they get attacked they expose weakness….more will attack just for the fun of it.
Report Post »James
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 7:08amI knew I shouldn’t read this stuff first thing in the morning. Hope this sad news doesn’t ruin my day
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http://crazyconservative.wordpress.com/
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 10:58pmNot really. I for one think that pointing out the scum bags we have employed to represent us are in fact scum bags, is a good lesson. Wikkileaks is directly related to people sick of corruption. That is what this all about. I can’t understand why the Tea Party ( consider myself one since Rick Santorum’s rant) or conservatives here at the blaze would condemn him. He is merely a messenger of what we already know. The only sovereignty lost is from Obama and everyone else we Americans have elected.
Report Post »This only shows exactly how stupid we really are. I gather that none of us really want to admit that.
Frankly, I am jealous that we conservatives have NO ONE to make a significant difference-still-
Because Sarah Palin amazing though she is, is still not the “ONE”. (besides Jesus..)