Pirate Bay hit by 'DDos attack': perpetrator remains anonymous
Wednesday, May 16th 2012 at 4:03PMAn insider reportedly leaked the information to reliable news site TorrentFreak.
The timing of the 'attack' is interesting: it arrives as ISPs including Virgin Media and Orange veto consumers from accessing the site. Sky Broadband, Everything Everywhere (Orange & T-mobile owner), O2 Broadband, TalkTalk and Virgin were all ordered by the High Court to block access to The Pirate Bay in the UK last month.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the action.
However, DDoS attacks have become one hallmark ...
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