Was massive hack that floored Amazon, Twitter and Reddit PRACTICE for election day? Wikileaks supporters and hackers say attack was revenge for shutting down Assange – but many fear it’s just a warm-up
Cyber attacks forced websites including Amazon and Twitter offline
Github, SoundCloud and PayPal websites were also reported to be down
Outage appeared to be primarily affecting web users on the US East Coast
Department of Homeland Security is ‘investigating all potential causes’
Some claim it could be a precursor to an attempt to disrupt the US Presidential election further
WikiLeaks believes its supporters were responsible for the attacks
Group called New World Hackers also claimed responsibility via Twitter
By LIBBY PLUMMER
DailyMail.com
22 October 2016
A massive co-ordinated series of cyber attacks forced hundreds of major websites including Amazon and Twitter offline Friday – and some fear the security breach could be ‘practice for election day’.
WikiLeaks believes its supporters were responsible and urged them to ‘stop taking down the US internet’, saying: ‘Mr Assange is still alive and WikiLeaks is still publishing.’
It then tweeted: ‘The Obama administration should not have attempted to misuse its instruments of state to stop criticism of its ruling party candidate.’
The Ecuadorian government switched off Assange’s internet service in its UK embassy Sunday after he released another tranche of emails showing the contents of a speech given by Hillary Clinton to Goldman Sachs.
WikiLeaks accused John Kerry and the US Government of asking Ecuador to shut down Assange’s internet connection, but the South American country denied it came under any pressure from the US or any other government.
The Department of Homeland Security has already launched an urgent investigation into Friday’s crash, amid claims it could be a precursor to an attempt to disrupt the US Presidential election further.
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