WikiLeaks wiped off the webDecember 3, 2010 - 12:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - WikiLeaks went off-line late Thursday, December 2, after a U.S. firm providing its domain name system said the controversial website had come under mass denial-of-service attacks. EveryDNS.net said it had "terminated" its services to WikiLeaks as the attacks and ones expected in the future would "threaten the stability" of the company's services to nearly 500,000 other websites. The EveryDNS.net statement came as Amazon.com said such denial of service attacks or political pressure from U.S. officials had not led it to stop hosting WikiLeaks. In response to the website going off-line, WikiLeaks sent out a message on social media site Twitter appealing for financial support. "WikiLeaks.org domain killed by US everydns.net after claimed mass attacks KEEP US STRONG," it said, adding a link to a website to make donations. WikiLeaks also slammed Amazon for dropping it, saying via Twitter that if Amazon was "so uncomfortable with the First Amendment (of the U.S. Constitution), they should get out of the business of selling books." EveryDNS.net said in its statement that it had withdrawn domain name system services to WikiLeaks.org at 10 p.m. ET Thursday. "The services were terminated for violation of the provision which states that 'Member shall not interfere with another Member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services," the statement said, msnbc.com reported. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |