• Wikileaks down
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[quote]Moments ago, we published a report indicating that WikiLeaks was urging the public to download a very large and very secret file via their Twitter account. We’re now finding out that the WikiLeaks homepage is officially down. No word is coming from WikiLeaks themselves, but the whole situation seems very strange. Possible coincidence? Coordinated denial of service attack? We’re working to find out what’s going on. In the meantime, if anyone has any information, please send us a memo to t i p s @ e r i c t r i c . c o m. We’ll keep your information private. Stay tuned.[/quote] [url]http://erictric.com/2010/11/25/wikileaks-website-now-down/[/url] The insurance file: [url]https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5723136/WikiLeaks_insurance[/url] [quote](Reuters) - The United States has briefed Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Israel ahead of the expected new release of classified U.S. documents, WikiLeaks said on Thursday, citing local press reports. The whistle-blowing website said by Twitter that American diplomats briefed government officials of its six allies in advance of the release expected in the next few days. The next release is expected to include thousands of diplomatic cables reporting corruption allegations against politicians in Russia, Afghanistan and other Central Asian nations, sources familiar with the State Department cables held by WikiLeaks told Reuters on Wednesday. The allegations are major enough to cause serious embarrassment for foreign governments, the sources said. Some governments appear to be bracing for the impact of the revelations. According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents that show Turkey has helped al-Qaeda in Iraq -- and that the United States has supported the PKK, a Kurdish rebel organization that has been waging a separatist war against Turkey since 1984, the Washington Post reported. The U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv warned the Israeli foreign ministry that some of the cables could concern U.S.-Israel relations, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reported, citing a senior Israeli official. r.reuters.com/cek37q WikiLeaks said on its Twitter feed earlier this week that its new release would be seven times larger than the nearly 400,000 Pentagon documents related to the Iraq war which it made public in October. Past releases by WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange, an Australian-born computer hacker, contained sensitive information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which the U.S. government had said compromised national security and put some people at risk. A State Department spokesman said on Wednesday that Washington was notifying foreign governments about the possible release of documents.[/quote] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AP06Z20101126[/url]
I still have the insurance file, can't wait to get the password.
Or perhaps so many people downloaded it that the server crashed.
[QUOTE=The GeneralSYD;26304303]Or perhaps so many people downloaded it that the server crashed.[/QUOTE] Do you really think a site as big as wikileaks wouldn't be prepared for heavy traffic?
[QUOTE=CjienX;26304325]Do you really think a site as big as wikileaks wouldn't be prepared for heavy traffic?[/QUOTE] Yes. It is very hard to predict how hard you'll be hit, and how much your system can possibly handle.
If it was something major I would be pretty sure wikileaks would have already tweeted the code. I'm still holding on to the insurance file, can't wait to look into my little bag of goodies.
Here we go, ladies and gentlemen.
[QUOTE=Dolton;26304362]Yes. It is very hard to predict how hard you'll be hit, and how much your system can possibly handle.[/QUOTE] I really can't see them telling everyone to download the file and not be prepared for it
I was trying to get on now. [url]https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5723136/WikiLeaks_insurance[/url]
Obviously the U.S Government did it.
:tinfoil:
Someone re-up the insurance file. The torrent isn't working for me.
[QUOTE=Miskatonic;26304408]Someone re-up the insurance file. The torrent isn't working for me.[/QUOTE] It's working fine for me
[QUOTE=CjienX;26304377]I really can't see them telling everyone to download the file and not be prepared for it[/QUOTE] It's possible. However, a DDoS seems far more likely.
Oh this is going to be juicy.
Does this mean we are getting close to finding out what is in it?
The US-controlled domains (.com, .biz, .net, and .us) Wikileaks names all redirect to a godaddy parking page right now. As in anybody can buy them
WikiLeaks is loading fine for me.
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;26304476]WikiLeaks is loading fine for me.[/QUOTE] [url]http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/wikileaks.org[/url] liar
Silly Wikileaks, you aren't Facepunch
So the insurance file has to be something damaging. What do they think happens if they ACTUALLY damage national security? It doesn't, and probably shouldn't, end well for them. I want to support them, but this policy of "we'll black out some names and then print ANYTHING you send us with a secret classification" simply isn't responsible or beneficial. There is no end goal here. Nothing they have released does anything except potentially hurt people.
They just released the insurance password on twitter [sp]123456789[/sp] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("spoiler tag abuse" - GunFox))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=GunFox;26304570]So the insurance file has to be something damaging. What do they think happens if they ACTUALLY damage national security? It doesn't, and probably shouldn't, end well for them. I want to support them, but this policy of "we'll black out some names and then print ANYTHING you send us with a secret classification" simply isn't responsible or beneficial. There is no end goal here. Nothing they have released does anything except potentially hurt people.[/QUOTE] Maybe WWIII really will start this month
According to the page that's viewable via one various alternative (non US) domains its down for maintenance, but that page might be cached. Perhaps the US government finally played the only card they can, using that law which allows them to forbid companies from doing business with certain people. Edit: For what its worth the list (the special designated nationals list) was updated last on the 24th, could just be a coincidence. Edit2: Quick search reveals nothing, so that's that idea off the list.
This month is getting scarier and scarier
[QUOTE=Jsm;26304608]According to the page that's viewable via one various alternative (non US) domains its down for maintenance, but that page might be cached. Perhaps the US government finally played the only card they can, using that law which allows them to forbid companies from doing business with certain people.[/QUOTE] Not sure they have to actually use a law at all, seeing as the server and owners are not inside the United States or US citizens.
Aw, I was hoping the Wikileaks thing would be about aliens or something :(
[QUOTE=CjienX;26304583]Maybe WWIII really will start this month[/QUOTE] what how could world war 3 start in 5 days with the release of one file
ICANN is a government contractor so they could prob force them to take the site down, but that would be way out of their jurisdiction and would prob cause a big backlash for abuse of core internet powers. Not to say they wouldn't do it, but it would be a major bad move
[QUOTE=alienmartian23;26304654]what how could world war 3 start in 5 days with the release of one file[/QUOTE] "This file, nearly 2GB in size, is said to contain thousands of secret U.S. documents aimed at embarrassing the nation’s government, and potentially causing harm to the United States’ relations with allies." It's kinda a big deal
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