Shortly after reporting on the explosive revelation that a foreign national, who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden, possessed audio recordings of their conversations, several right-leaning media outlets experienced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyberattacks, a report noted on Tuesday.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed that the FBI holds a file comprising 15 recordings of conversations involving a Burisma executive and Hunter Biden, as well as two recordings featuring the executive and then-Vice President Biden. Following the coverage of this story, conservative news outlets such as The Post Millennial, the DC Enquirer, and Human Events claimed to have been targeted by cyberattacks.
Other conservative media, however, did not suffer any attacks, The Daily Wire noted.
“How strange that our site would be targeted with a DDoS attack just minutes after we release breaking news that basically confirms Joe and Hunter Biden’[s] corruption,” The Post Millennial tweeted.
How strange that our site would be targeted with a DDoS attack just minutes after we release breaking news that basically confirms Joe and Hunter Biden’ corruption.
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 12, 2023
During a podcast interview with Tim Pool, Human Events Senior Editor Jack Posobiec revealed that his team had informed him about a deliberate attempt to take down their website just moments after they published their report on Senator Grassley’s announcement.
“It seems like the attack on Human Events, Post Millennial, Bongino Report, and a couple other websites may be related to this GOP report about Biden’s recordings,” Pool said.
On Timcast,@JackPosobiec breaks down the details of the DDoS attack against @TPostMillennial and @HumanEvents that took place right after we shared the new bombshell Biden allegations. pic.twitter.com/G49AAhi0gu
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 13, 2023
The Daily Wire added:
Around the same time The Post Millennial and Human Events were hit, the DC Enquirer confirmed that it was facing what appeared to be the same DDoS attack. Conservative political commentator Dan Bongino said his website, the Bongino Report, was “under a relentless DDoS attack,” but Bongino connected the breach to a show he did earlier in the day, when he discussed leftist billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
All four conservative websites appeared to be running normally as of Tuesday morning, and the Biden/Burisma alleged bribery scheme remained a top story on The Post Millennial, the Bongino Report, and the DC Enquirer.
During a floor speech on Monday, Grassley dropped the bombshell information: “These recordings were allegedly kept as a sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got into a tight spot.”
