Bitcoin.org owner reported DDoS attack on site – Bits Media

Bitcoin.org website, whose purpose is to support the development of Bitcoin, is under a "massive DDoS attack", as reported by the owner of the resource under the pseudonym Cobra.

The site owner emphasized, that so far he cannot oppose anything to the attackers. Hackers require a ransom for stopping the attack, Moreover, it is in bitcoins. Cobra wrote on the social network Twitter:

"Bitcoin.org is located under an extremely massive ddos ​​attack, Moreover, hackers demand a ransom in bitcoins, Or they will continue the attack. I haven't been insulted me for a long time. Ungrateful freaks. You could do something with most DDOS attacks before, But now they just put your site without problems. There are no ways, The site is not available and lies until then, Until they lag behind you ".

It is worth noting, What sites, Similar to Bitcoin.org, rarely become victims of DDOS attacks. These are not cryptocurrency exchanges, which lose money with the inaccessibility of the site. Bitcoin.org resource lies publicly available information about bitcoin, as well as Bitcoin Core distributions. In December last year, the site was already subjected to such an attack, However, it stopped within a few hours.

In early July, the Bitcoin.org resource closed access to the White Bitcoin book for users from the UK. This is due to the claim of Craig Wright (Craig Wright), who proclaimed himself the creator of Bitcoin and demanded to delete a white book from the site. After refusing the owners of the resource, Wright sued the court, who satisfied the lawsuit.