mo4ch:>WikiLeaks & Assange defense locked out of Twitter for over 24 hours in alleged DDoS attack | Mo4ch News

WikiLeaks staff and Julian Assange's defense team were left unable to access their Twitter accounts for more than a day, the whistleblowing website's editor-in-chief says. A massive denial of service attack was the apparent cause.Also on rt.com‘Spying & threats’: Assange complains of ‘more subtle’ silencing than KhashoggiWikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, who took over from co-founder Julian Assange in September, sounded the alarm on Friday, saying that editors were barred from the main account, which boasts over 5.41 million followers.The accounts of the WikiLeaks Task Force, Assange's legal team, and Assange's official defense team, were likewise inaccessible. The Assange Defense account is aimed at ending the whistleblower's persecution and involuntary stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and has a 747,000-strong following. The WikiLeaks Task Force account is used by the team to debunk myths about the secret-spilling site, and to counter main…