After five days of denial of service attacks, the WikiLeaks website (http://wikileaks.org/) has been knocked out.

The organization known for publishing secret, and often damning, information from anonymous sources and whistleblowers has been under attack since Aug. 3.
WikiLeaks reported in a tweet : “1. Olympics cover 2. Upcoming release. 3. Ongoing Syria, Stratfor releases.”

One thing WikiLeaks didn’t consider was DietPepsi, the self-proclaimed leader of a hacker group known as AntiLeaks , which has taken responsibility for the attacks in a statement posted to Twitter.

“We are not doing this to call attention to ourselves. We are young adults, citizens of the United States of America and are deeply concerned about the recent developments with Julian Assange and his attempt at aslyum [sic] in Ecuador,” @antileaks said in a statement .

SOURCE:
http://mashable.com/2012/08/08/wikileaks-website-down/