It seems like Anonymous hackers have launched a Distributed denial of service(ddos) attack against GCHQ website.
The attack just came after Edward Snowden leaked a document which revealed that British Spy Agency (GCHQ) carried out ddos attacks to disrupt the anonymous hacktivists' communication channel.
Some anonymous hacktivists also claimed to have successfully disrupted the website of GCHQ. Netcraftconfirmed that gchq.gov.uk today has experienced 'noticeable performance issues'. Netcraft says the attack could be originated from Romania.
"Curiously, a much larger amount of downtime has been observed from Netcraft's Romanian performance monitor since the leaked slides were made public."Netcraft post reads.
"That could indicate much more extreme DDoS mitigation techniques are being applied to these requests, and this in turn suggests that if an attack is occurring, perhaps Romania is one of the countries from which the attacks are being launched."
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