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The Pirate Bay has been down for over 24-hours as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, according to the website's Facebook account.
It's not uncommon for the popular file-sharing website to be down for a few hours, but an outage this long is rare.
Torrent Freak and ZDNet have speculated that Anonymous may be behind the attack.
The BBC reports it is unlikely that Anonymous is behind the current Pirate Bay DDoS though, since they typically defend--not attack-- sites like The Pirate Bay.
Originally posted by cerebralassassins
The BBC reports it is unlikely that Anonymous is behind the current Pirate Bay DDoS though, since they typically defend--not attack-- sites like The Pirate Bay.
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
Originally posted by cerebralassassins
The BBC reports it is unlikely that Anonymous is behind the current Pirate Bay DDoS though, since they typically defend--not attack-- sites like The Pirate Bay.
It was stated by Pirate Bay 2 days ago they didn't agree with ANON's tactics... If ANON wants FREE and OPEN internet, they shouldn't attack certain websites.
Originally posted by stuncrazy
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"We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where anyone can express their views. Even if we strongly disagree with them and even if they hate us," read a Facebook message from the Pirate Bay staff. "So don't fight them using their ugly methods. DDOS and blocks are both forms of censorship."
It seems to be running, not sure about the torrent side of it all