DNS Service Provider from WikiLeaks Downed
WikiLeaks has been struggling to fend off a DDoS attack ever since it started releasing secret embassy cables, and now it lost one extra ally: its DNS services provider, EveryDNS.network……
According to a statement as of EveryDNS.net, the services were terminated as the DDoS crackdown resting on WikiLeaks started toward be alive a threat toward the repair itself plus its extra users.
EveryDNS.net provided domain name system (DNS) services toward the wikileaks.org domain name pending 10PM EST, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated. The interference on issues arises from the fact that wikileaks.org has become the target of multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks……. These attacks have, plus future attacks would, threaten the stability of the EveryDNS.network infrastructure, which enables access toward almost 500,000 extra websites, the statement read.
This has effectively wiped WikiLeaks off the Internet, meaning it is now completely inaccessible. WikiLeaks has confirmed this resting on its Twitter account, putting emphasis resting on the fact that EveryDNS.net is a U.S. company. WikiLeaks,org domain killed by US everydns.net after claimed mass attacks, the tweet read.
Earlier, WikiLeaks tried to employ Amazon Web Services toward enhance the site stability and protect itself as of DDoS attacks, but that didn’t previous long, as Amazon quickly dropped WikiLeaks as of its servers.
WikiLeaks currently exists on the web only in the form of (mostly partial) mirrors, some of which be able to be found at wikileaks.info.
Update: WikiLeaks has announced it moved to Switzerland and is currently available on the address wikileaks.ch. The address is resolved toward a numerical IP, which means WikiLeaks still hasnt fixed its DNS-related issues.
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