Service attack hits WikiLeaks

The secret-busting organisation WikiLeaks says it has been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for over a week.

The group said the assault intensified around the beginning of August and has since expanded to include attacks against affiliated sites.

Denial-of-service attacks work by overwhelming websites with requests for information. WikiLeaks said it’s been flooded with 10 gigabits per second of bogus traffic from thousands of different internet addresses.