“Cobra,” the pseudonymous owner of Bitcoin.org, has revealed that the website is currently being hit with an “absolutely massive” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. In a fiery tweet, the prominent developer claims that the DDoS attackers will not stop unless they get paid a Bitcoin ransom. {tweet} Last month, self-proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright won a copyright infringement case against Cobra in London’s High Court through a default judgment. The latter chose not to defend himself in court to keep his real identity under wraps. He also cannot hire a lawyer for the same reason. Cobra had to remove Bitcoin’s ... (full story)