Police had “come to the conclusion that the site has become the victim of a denial-of-service attack”, it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The office website was “difficult to access and for a short period of time was totally inaccessible” on Friday.<\/p>\n
An AFP journalist noted that an anonymous group claimed the attack under its user name AnonTarget in a Twitter message “in reaction to the arrest of a 16-year-old activist.”<\/p>\n
“The attack was probably linked to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy,” the public prosecutor’s office said, adding that its website did not contain any sensitive information.<\/p>\n
The teenager has admitted to staging cyber attacks on opponents of WikiLeaks, such as Visa and Mastercard, the national prosecutor said Thursday.<\/p>\n
A statement said he was “probably part of a larger group of hackers” and would appear before a judge later Friday in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n
The attacks came after the arrest of WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange, currently in a British jail as Sweden seeks his extradition on rape charges.<\/p>\n
Hackers — dubbed “hack-tivists” — stepped up cyber attacks on those they perceived as opponents of WikiLeaks, including companies who in recent days have deprived the organisation of their services.<\/p>\n
WikiLeaks distanced itself from the cyber attacks but said it was a reflection of public opinion.<\/p>\n
The website of Dutch police was also difficult to access Friday morning, a police spokesman told AFP but could not say whether this was due to an attack or ordinary technical problems.<\/p>\n
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