Multiple sources reporting:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37680411
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/17/wikileaks-says-assanges-internet-link-was-severed-by-state-party.html
http://time.com/4532984/wikileaks-julian-assange-theories/
Wikileaks has announced that Julian Assange's internet access had been intentionally severed by a state actor. I would assume this means they disrupted a VPN connection he had rather than just cutting all internet access to the Ecuadorian Embassy, but again details are limited.
The announcement of disruption was also preceded by multiple strange tweets of random numbers (likely crypto keys) that appear to be part of a dead man system activated by the disruption.
takyon: The full tweet states "Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans." Wikileaks recently released Part 9 of the Podesta Emails. Also at CNET and Ars Technica.
Update: Wikileaks says: "We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs."
Perhaps the embassy's perennial guest has finally overstayed his welcome?
(Score: 2) by Username on Monday October 17 2016, @08:01PM
Config the server to work on one port and set it to 80. Seems like the simplest solution.
(Score: 2) by pendorbound on Monday October 17 2016, @08:34PM
That's still blockable. VPN connections differ from http (even http/s) traffic in a predictable way. Networking hardware can be configured to detect and block that traffic even if it's sent over well-known ports that are usually allowed through.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 17 2016, @08:42PM
No need to block anything. Just throttle everything to dialup speed and watch the social tards react. Slow internet is worse than no internet, they scream.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday October 17 2016, @09:43PM
No need to throttle anything. Just change his ISP to Comcast, through a VPN. Or to some other country with internet service equally as bad as the US.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.