Scroogle, the search engine operated by privacy militant and self-appointed Wikipedia watchdog Daniel Brandt, has folded for real. After enduring DDOS attacks “around the clock” that sent a flood of unsustainable traffic to his servers, Mr. Brandt took down the search engine along with his other four domains, namebase.org, google-watch.org, cia-on-campus.org, and book-grab.com. His theory is that he was being attacked by hackers with a personal vendetta.
Critics of Brandt have always incorrectly assumed this blog was owned by him. In reality, he is just one of many people who have passed on tips and research to me. In a recent email, he mentioned that he suspected "friends of Ryan Cleary" in coordinating the DDOS attacks that led to his servers being taken off-line.
This blog is hosted by Google and is immune to DDOS attacks. It won't be going anywhere. Please visit the main page of this blog for more on Ryan Cleary and his friends who run Encyclopedia Dramatica.
