After being the victim of a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by an unknown party, The Pirate Bay has returned (and by the way, so has Wikileaks). While the torrent site has yet to reveal the details of who it believes was behind it all, it did post the following triumphant message on Facebook today:

We're back in full effect! Show your support by adding this badge to your profile picture! If you wanna add it manually, it's here: http://www.picbadges.com/badges-assets/976/14362714_1336391025.png

The news not only follows yesterday's revelation that a massive DDoS attack has kept The Pirate Bay down in many countries across the globe, but also the hacktivist group Anonymous' denial of responsibility for it, which was then confirmed by The Pirate Bay. Now, an Anonymous hater has claimed he or she is behind the attack.

It all started with these two angry messages yesterday from Twitter user AnonNyre:

The Pirate Bay, I am so f******* pissed, WHY THERE IS NO ANAL PORN IN HERE. F*** YOU PIRATE BAY. F*** that shit, N**** Bay.

The duo was then quickly followed by several more:

Tango Down - thepiratebay.se - Shitty Torrents..#F***TheJew You dumbf****, it's me. @YourAnonNews Tango Down - thepiratebay.se - The Reason - http://pastebin.com/j0PLqynP @YourAnonNews @AnonOpUK @Anon_Central @MalSec @AnonIRC You dumb-ass, check my last tweet, It's so sad to see that Anonymous can be so stupid at sometimes.. ThePirateBay was a main-press release point of Anonymous - Why not piss off Anonymous when you got a chance?

The Pastebin message in question explains a bit more (by the way, Anonymous now mainly uses its own alternative, AnonPaste):

You must be wondering why did I attacked The Pirate Bay.. I am Nyre. I am highly against Anonymous. I do not support Anonymous anymore. I sometimes help the feds. The Pirate Bay was a press-release website for Anonymous, then I had a idea, why not take it down? Why not make it impossible for Anonymous? Get on your knees, Anonymous. I am a one-man army. I am not a hacker. I am a security killer. Expect yourself, f******. THEPIRATEBAY.SE - Idea is, to keep it down for a week, Will try?

Nyre doesn't explain how he pulled off the feat, though it is likely he used a botnet of a respectable size. He or she doesn't mention anything about Wikileaks, which was also under a DDoS attack, and for much longer.

Now that both The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks are back online, we'll see if either of the sites reveal details regarding the nature of their respective attacks. If you have more information, do let me know.

I have contacted The Pirate Bay and will update you if I hear back.

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