Hactivists Take Down CIAs Website

Hit by apparent DDoS, website has been experiencing intermittent period of inaccessibility since Friday

An Anonymous-related Twitter channel claimed Friday that the group had successfully taken down the CIAs public-facing website.
The CIA website reportedly remained inaccessible several hours after the attack, then appeared to be offline intermittently for the rest of the weekend, as well as on Monday, in the face of what appeared to be a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Anonymous had previously been making a habit of targeting the FBI on Fridays.
The CIA has acknowledged that its been having website issues, but hasnt publicly commented on the cause. Interestingly, its not clear if Anonymous was indeed responsible. Wed remind media that if we report a hack or ddos attack, it doesnt necessarily mean we did it...FYI, according to a tweet from YourAnonNews, which is a reliable source of information about Anonymous activities.
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