Do you think the DU hack

[gopiscrap]

was in response to all the bad news for the GOP?

[arthritisR_US]

1. I wondered that myself. nt

[Bradical79]

2. Absolutely

Read elsewhere someone commenting on multiple Democratic sites crashing today.

[elleng]

4. Repugs and Russkies just can't take it!

[Pachamama]

6. +1000

No, they can't take it....

And it's showing...

[Achilleaze]

12. + 1,000

the KGOP is out to destroy facts and truth, and thereby to drive a fascist stake through the heart of America.

[uponit7771]

13. +1, DU gets tons of hits

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

3. Of course it was

What else would it be...

[Warpy]

5. Yeah, probably, but I wonder if the online lunatic asylum that's been down for 3 days

got hacked, also. Not all RWNJs are exactly thrilled with what's going on these days, either.

[murielm99]

7. I am not sure that we are all that important.

Maybe it was a JPR or freeper nut. That seems more likely.

Most of us are smart enough to get our news from other sources if DU is down. We miss the place, but we will stay informed regardless.

[seaglass]

15. I think so too. n/t

[Doreen]

8. Absolutely

[herding cats]

9. It was a script kiddy crack, not a real hack, just to be clear.

It was also the work of a bitter little person who can't handle what Trump is being exposed as.

Petty, small people lashing out in anyway they can. It's the new normal for Trump supporters.

[bdjhawk]

11. For us non-techies

can someone explain in layman's terms what a script attack is and what a real hack is? TIA

[brettdale]

10. Yes

Without a doubt.

[MaeScott]

14. Free Republic also went down. Could be related.

[Honeycombe8]

16. Yes! Definitely. It happened on election day or the day before, right?

And now it happened when Trump was in a YUGE mess and on the brink of collapsing, with obstruction of justice hanging in the air?

You bet it was.

Shutting down efforts of the left to coalesce, disseminate relevant information, and move toward pushing the matters into the public eye. DU is part of the public eye.

It hasn't ever happened when Trump or the Repubs have had a big "success" has it?

[murielm99]

17. We still have twitter, Facebook,

email and phones. I have a network of Democratic friends who know how to communicate with each other. We all do, I would bet.

[VOX]

18. Precisely! Consider the timing. Why even bother to doubt it?

Not that you are, I'm just asking rhetorically. I'm in complete agreement.

[malaise]

19. Yes

That was my first thought