Denial of service attack

Today the War on Easter site (link may not work) was hit with a denial-of-service attack. This attack, which constitutes a serious federal crime, also brought down slumdance.com and other domains. The domains are slowly coming back now.

Here's what we're sending out to those who inquire:

We apologize for the disruption in the War on Easter website. Thank you for your concern.

Our server is currently suffering a "denial of service" attack. A DoS attack is an organized, criminal attempt to overload a server with fake requests. (More information below.)

Our web host is working right now to fix the problem. After we get the site back up, we will use any information available to investigate the source of this attack and pursue law-enforcement remedies.

Unfortunately, we have no estimate on the return of site operations.

Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
Beyond Belief Media

Wikipedia:
"A denial-of-service attack (also, DoS attack) is an attack on a computer system or network that causes a loss of service to users, typically the loss of network connectivity and services by consuming the bandwidth of the victim network or overloading the computational resources of the victim system."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

The War On Easter press release:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060411/latu089.html?.v=49

I just got off the phone with the FBI's Computer Crime Squad (no joke). They take DoS attacks very seriously and are investigating. Beyond Belief Media is committed to bringing the perpetrators to justice.

For those who see moral equivalence in this attack, I offer: We didn't try to shut any churches down.