Cyberattack downs WikiLeaks website

WikiLeaks’ website was downed by a cyberattack for several hours overnight as the whistleblowing organization published tens of thousands of previously unseen US diplomatic cables.

Authorities in the United States and Australia have condemned the latest release for appearing to reveal the names of terror suspects and government informants. The last week has seen WikiLeaks release around 134,000 cables, including its entire collection relating to Australia and Sweden, having spent nine months gradually publishing smaller tranches of its 251,000-memo cache through more than 90 media partners around the world.