The group has been enduring a DDoS since around the beginning of August, and it is intensifying, WikiLeaks said on Saturday. It amounts to up to 10 gigabits per second of traffic the group has to deal with. The attack targets both the main site of WikiLeaks and its mirror sites.
AP cites Josh Corman from online content delivery company Akamai as characterizing the attack as “a bit larger” than attacks commonly seen in the past few years.
Earlier, a group calling itself AntiLeaks claimed responsibility for targeting WikiLeaks. They called Julian Assange “a new breed of terrorist” and said they launch the attack in response to his attempt to seek asylum in Ecuador.
The previously-unheard-of group may be claiming responsibility for actions they are not doing.