Winning a Battle Over Control of Our Site

Three days after a massive attack on Consortium News we are back online after winning the battle. But this is a war.

Consortium News has defeated an attack on America’s oldest independent news site. For now.

After being completely taken over for nearly 72 hours, CN was able to wrest back control of our site from the attackers and resume our ability to publish again. 

Our victory was just one battle in an escalating war against a free press, however, which has included recent arrests, interrogations and home raids against journalists both in Britain and the U.S.

Now that we are back online we are focusing on trying to uncover who did this to us. Unfortunately we think we know why. Someone was so upset with what we write and say that they committed a crime to try to stop us.

We thank all of our readers and viewers for their patience while we were taken over and for their continued support.

41 comments for “Winning a Battle Over Control of Our Site

  1. Typingperson
    October 30, 2024 at 21:15

    So glad CN got its website back! I missed yall. I hope you are able to take legal action against whoever did this and win damages. Important!

  2. julia eden
    October 30, 2024 at 20:35

    “… don’t it always seem to go
    that you don’t know what you’ve got
    til it’s gone?”

    kudos to your IT cracks!
    i’m so glad you won this fight,
    so glad to have you back.
    i missed CN from the minute
    i realized that sth was amiss.

    but honestly,
    i’m surprised the hack happened ‘only’ now.
    i expected it to happen when i discovered CN years ago.

    “how come they leave this source of reliable information
    alone these days?”, i asked myself. “is it a kind of fig leaf
    operation, with them deciding to leave a few progressive news
    outlets untouched so they can brag: ‘look, we ARE democratic!’?”

    be safe!

  3. Sam F
    October 30, 2024 at 19:43

    Thanks to all who aided the quick recovery of control over your domain and host services.
    I an appalled at this apparent political attack, but not surprised.
    The hackers were likely cutouts aligned with secret agencies or a political party.
    The FBI is well known to harass those who observe their abuses of public office.
    The zionists are among the most likely suspects in motive and practices.
    It would be a top story to identify the hackers!

  4. John Z
    October 30, 2024 at 18:07

    No assumptions from my end, but looking forward to the reveal when you find out and let us know. The once proud WP line, “Truth dies in the darkness.” certainly applies. Keep fighting for the light.

  5. Pangaea
    October 30, 2024 at 18:00

    Really glad to see you back. Hope it is for good. Not necessarily connected ofc, but CN went down, and a journalist from Electronic Intifada got the police “visiting” and stealing his electronics at almost the same time. Bad news all around.

  6. Donna Bubb
    October 30, 2024 at 17:55

    So glad you’re back. We’re mad as hell at the low life who did this to you and us. Need for us all to unite so it doesn’t happen again.

    • October 30, 2024 at 19:11

      I don’t expect Russia to be behind this attack……..
      Grad

  7. Igor W
    October 30, 2024 at 17:34

    Glad you are back. You are in good company. Wikileaks has been under attack for years. Many of us are in some way or another, fighting to stay on top of the vast cloud of bull-shit that hangs over everything these days.

  8. Common Sense
    October 30, 2024 at 17:33

    Very pleased to see you back ^^ Be prudent ;)

  9. YesXorNo
    October 30, 2024 at 17:27

    Welcome back. Consortium News’ website with its informative reporting was missed.
    Best of luck with your investigation.

  10. CrowMadame
    October 30, 2024 at 16:46

    I tried eliminating all open tabs on my iPhone and it took everything away except for the bogus website….still cannot open consortiumnew.com…any thoughts?

    • Typingperson
      October 30, 2024 at 21:10

      It’s consortiumnews.com with an s. News, not new.

  11. Richard Coleman
    October 30, 2024 at 16:26

    Excellent! Great job and congrats for prevailing against the backstabbing lizards who tried to kill you. HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE!!! :^))))))

  12. John Manning
    October 30, 2024 at 16:24

    Curious to know who did it !!
    Its really so obvious.
    When I searched on Bing and Google for “what happened to Consortium News” the response made it look like it had never existed.
    When I searched on Yandex for the same it responded with all CN’s internet archive.
    So who can control Bing and Google?

  13. Gertrude Stein
    October 30, 2024 at 16:16

    We need a free speech movement as well as a peace movement, I’m surprised there are any alternative news sites given the power of AIPAC and the imperial warmongers.

  14. Rex Williams
    October 30, 2024 at 16:02

    All your readers will be interested to find out the reason for the disruption to your news, CN

    There are few sources of news that one can rely on in this day and age. CN would have a following that is very appreciative of their service and who rely on this source of TRUTH to keep them informed, hoping that sooner or later others will join the ranks of truthful news reporting. as well. Can’t see any pointers in this direction at the moment so the world needs you . Continued success.

    You have more than earned your place in history, led since day one by a fine man who I have had the privilege to communicate with on many occasions.

    More strength to you.

  15. Dave E
    October 30, 2024 at 15:51

    Qui bono? Especially, qui bono this close to an election? People post your articles to educate friends about horrible things the parties that are trying to get re-elected or elected have done in the Mideast, Ukraine and elsewhere.

    Also, who has the sophistication to carry it out?

  16. October 30, 2024 at 15:38

    It’s your government. One way, or another, it’s your vicious, cowardly, criminal government.

    • Paula
      October 30, 2024 at 18:28

      Agree with your comment. As much as I dislike Trump and have some huge doubts, I fear the party now in the White House even more for all the lies and disinformation and their attack on free speech and the integrity media/press along with the wars and their obvious lack of concern for their own nation. It is truly their own fault that people are voting for Trump. X is looking into some shenanigans because Harris is not being fact-checked on many of her comments in Community Notes in which you can do that. X kicked me off some time ago permanently and glad to know I’m in good company with the likes of Nathan Robinson. Did not vote for either of these pretenders.

  17. Cara
    October 30, 2024 at 15:28

    I’m still getting the fake site when I try to go to the home page. If I type in the URL the fake site comes up. So there’s still a problem. I can access individual reports posted by CN that arrive in my email. But that’s all.

    • Consortiumnews.com
      October 30, 2024 at 16:26

      Please flush your cache and refresh the page.

      • Larry McGovern
        October 30, 2024 at 17:55

        This old guy needs help with “flush your cache and refresh..” I have MacBook Pro.

        Btw, it the rumor true that, through the good offices of Rep Adam Schiff, you got Crowdstrike to get you back up and running? :-)

  18. Reginald Johnson
    October 30, 2024 at 15:26

    Thank goodness you’re back! Thank you so much for all your hard work. No question, we’re in 1984 territory. This attack was retaliation for telling the truth and fighting the censors.

  19. David Eccles
    October 30, 2024 at 15:25

    Glad to see you successfully wrested your site back. These Mossad/CIA goons will never stop truth (I hope they’re reading all these comments btw, and if they are – my message to them is Go fuck yourselves you Fascist murderous scum),

    I also noticed this morning my Rumble App (used to watch RT) was having difficulty loading content. Seems you’re not alone

    Keep up the great work! We journalists and supporters of a free press are always behind you!! Chins up, fight on!

  20. Paul Fletcher-tomenius
    October 30, 2024 at 15:14

    Mossad or CIA? Is there a difference? Does it matter? The barbarism in the Middle East is at a level not seen since the genocide in Eastern Europe. Prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the invasion of the Soviet Union, it was explicit policy to starve THIRTY MILLION Russians to death. The Soviet Union suffered between TWENTY AND TWENTY SEVEN MILLION victims. IDF or WAFFEN SS, EINSATZ GRUPPEN or ISRAELI AIRFORCE. What’s the difference? CN is crucial to talk about this reality. I hope that readers are reading Al Jazeera daily to keep up with the level of daily massacres largely ignored by the entire Western Press.

  21. Steve L
    October 30, 2024 at 15:12

    Hang in there guys – you’re the best there ever was, and I’ve missed you. BUT I knew I’d see you again soon, Whew!

    My guess is AIPAC!

  22. Rosalie Steward
    October 30, 2024 at 15:10

    Thank goodness! well done, and congratulations for ‘winning the battle’ on this occasion. Obviously the credibility of your reporting has drawn the ire of those managing the ‘mind-space’, and you are over too many targets!
    CN is a primary trusted news source for me.

  23. leo bassi
    October 30, 2024 at 14:57

    So pleased you are back online… And very curious to know who was the culprit! This attack on your excellent journalism was doomed to backfire: So why go ahead with the plan and risk being uncovered?
    Is the rot in the Empire so deep that they don’t care anymore about appearances and are into naked intimidation?

  24. susan
    October 30, 2024 at 14:54

    Holy Cow! I didn’t know what was going on only that I couldn’t get into CN – I just kept getting some stupid blog page set up which wouldn’t let me go any farther. I’m so glad you are back up and running! CN is definitely my go to source for truth, honesty and integrity. I’m sure the US government and western cronies were responsible – who else would be capable of doing this dastardly deed? I’m so glad you are back up and running – I’m amazed at how much I missed you these past few days!

  25. ene
    October 30, 2024 at 14:14

    If there were water
    And no rock
    If there were rock
    And also water
    And water
    A spring
    A pool among the rock
    If there were the sound of water only
    Not the cicada
    And dry grass singing
    But sound of water over a rock
    Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees
    Drip drop drip drop drop drop drop
    But there is no water

    Waste Land//Eliot

    • Rick Boettger
      October 30, 2024 at 15:23

      Beautiful…..thank you. Brings me back to my youth when I had all of Waste Land and half of Four Quartets memorized. Elliot’s lines have enriched my mind all these decades, but I never run into them in the mind space I live in now.

  26. Lois Gagnon
    October 30, 2024 at 13:43

    I sincerely hope you are able to track down the culprit(s). They need to be exposed and face legal consequences. I also wouldn’t be surprised to learn it was our own government which is eager to shut down any and all independent thought. This is not only a fight to retain the right to speak and publish, but the right to think for ourselves.

  27. October 30, 2024 at 13:19

    Cowards & LIARS , the whole fucking lot of the sniveling under rock crawling fascists.

  28. Eric Foor
    October 30, 2024 at 13:07

    Welcome Back CN! You are my number one news source.

    At the same time as CN went off line DW News (Germany) reported that both political campaigns had their telecom services hacked. The FBI report suggested that China was responsible….. Yeah, sure.

    • Paul
      October 30, 2024 at 15:53

      Congratulations!!!

  29. Joseph
    October 30, 2024 at 12:57

    While you’re looking for the culprits, keep in mind that very often, timing is everything.
    Hmmm….

  30. JohnB
    October 30, 2024 at 12:28

    “There are no great men. There are only great challenges, which ordinary people such as you and I are forced to meet by circumstance.” – Wm F. Halsey

    When cats are startled, they pick up there head, faster than you can see, and look around. That is the natual reponse to fear: curiosity and inventory.

    How much of the Apollo XIII successfull failure, had to do with choosing lesser evill???

    Homo sapiens can do better than this.

  31. rgl
    October 30, 2024 at 12:20

    I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that your own government did this to CN

    • Judge Barbier
      October 30, 2024 at 13:18

      At this stage Washington and Israel are one single entity under AIPAC. That would be my guess.

    • Shaheer Ahmed
      October 30, 2024 at 19:32

      Yes…it is obviously the NSA et al.
      Hence the party in power is probably responsible.
      The Republicans would not be able to pull this off.

  32. Drew Hunkins
    October 30, 2024 at 12:13

    Keep up the fight! You know you’re over the target when you start taking flack.

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