wraggster
May 16th, 2012, 23:58
If anyone has tried to get to The Pirate Bay in the last 24 hours, they have most likely been met with a timeout (http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-under-ddos-attack-from-unknown-enemy-120516/). As an article on TorrentFreak notes, only a week ago The Pirate Bay scolded Anonymous for its attack on ISP Virgin Media (http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/05/10/1233242/pirate-bay-criticizes-anonymous-attack-on-virgin), and now the site is currently the victim of a DDoS attack that is effectively keeping people from viewing the site. There is a lot of speculation as to whether this is retaliation from Anonymous, the work of an agency such as the RIAA and their associates, or an anti-pirate company such as PiratePay (http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-funded-startup-aims-to-kill-bittorrent-traffic-120513/)."Cyberwarfare? Pimple-faced teenagers? Someone screwed up the routing tables?