Shortly after being entwined in a legal decision in the U.K., the Bitcoin.org website has faced another battle, this time on the technical front.<\/p>\n
According to the sites pseudonymous operator, Cobra, Bitcoin.org was hit with an absolutely massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. CoinDesk was able to access the site without issue.<\/p>\n
Decrypt reported on Monday that attackers had demanded 0.5 bitcoin ($17,012 at the time) to have the sites services and operations restored to normal. <\/p>\n
CoinDesk attempted to contact Cobra to discuss the issue but did not hear back by press time.<\/p>\n
DDoS is a type of cyber attack that targets a sites host or its infrastructure by flooding the host with request traffic that then overwhelms the system and renders it inoperable.<\/p>\n
The attack is the latest development for the site, which is designed to educate and instruct others on how to buy and sell the crypto.<\/p>\n
Last week, Londons High Court awarded nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright a default judgment because Cobra, not wishing to reveal their true identity, decided not to show. The court ruled Bitcoin.org must discontinue hosting its copy of the Bitcoin white paper.<\/p>\n
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