Bitcoin.org hit by DDoS attack, Bitcoin demanded as ransom

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Shortly after becoming embroiled in a UK court decision, the Bitcoin.org website faces yet another battle, this time on a technical level.

According to the site’s pseudonymous operator, Cobra, Bitcoin.org is the victim of an “absolutely massive” distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Decrypt reported on Monday that the attackers demanded 0.5 bitcoin ($ 17,012) for the site’s services and operations to be restored to normal.

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CoinDesk attempted to contact Cobra to discuss the issue but has not had a response at press time.

DDoS is a type of cyber attack that targets a site’s host or its infrastructure by flooding the host with request traffic which then overwhelms the system and renders it unusable.

The attack is the latest development on the site, which is designed to educate and instruct others on how to buy and sell crypto.

Last week, the High Court in London granted a default judgment to nChain’s chief scientist Craig Wright because Cobra, unwilling to reveal his true identity, decided not to show up. The court ruled that Bitcoin.org will stop hosting its copy of the Bitcoin whitepaper.

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