RT's website suffering a massive DDoS attack

Many people from all over the world are complaining on RT's Facebook page that they cannot access the RT News website. Turns out they are now suffering a massive DDoS attack.

This morning, it is impossible to access the RT News website at RT.com.

You either get a message saying the website is currently available, or it just hangs on and on trying to connect.

Initially RT tweeted that their website was experiencing technical problems, and that they didn't know the cause.... read more.

TrapWire: U.S. cities under total surveillance? (video)

In the latest release of Stratfor files by WikiLeaks, details about the secret surveillance program known as TrapWire have been revealed. Now WikiLeaks is suffering a sustained DDoS attack.

Shortly after the release was made by WikiLeaks, as reported on Digital Journal, their website and its mirror sites went under a sustained DDoS attack, allegedly by a group called AntiLeaks.

Despite the WikiLeaks website being down, and people unable to access the newly leaked information, Anonymous, the loose-knit group of hacktivists has taken up the story and has launched an operation to expose the truth about the TrapWire program and the companies that it is connected to... read more.

Cyber attack in progress against WikiLeaks

For just over a week, WikiLeaks websites have been hammered by DDoS attacks. The websites are often not available, or are extremely slow to access.

A group calling themselves AntiLeaks has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The group refers to Julian Assange as "a new breed of terrorist" and states that they launched the attack in response to Assange's attempt to seek political asylum in Ecuador... read more.