On Sunday night, New York magazine released this cover story:
35 women speak about being assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the culture that wouldn't listen: http://t.co/H5dss5F2F4 pic.twitter.com/RCF0BWBrxA
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015
It features photographs of 35 of the 46 women who have publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
It’s powerful and personal, and people want to know more.
It’s powerful and personal, and people want to know more.
Right now, they can’t.
Our site is experiencing technical difficulties. We are aware of the issue, and working on a fix.
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015
Our site is still down but you can listen to 2 women's testimony about Cosby on Instagram
https://t.co/GEoDc8pMF0 + https://t.co/CLlPl40cGS
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015
We reached out to New York magazine for more information regarding their site being down; at this time, they say they have no further information besides the first tweet above.
According to The Daily Dot, “A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City, claims he has successfully overwhelmed the site with a distributed denial-of-service attack, overloading its servers with traffic. … A New York magazine employee, who spoke to The Daily Dot on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the attack, said they assumed the site was on the receiving end of a DDoS attack.”
The attack is reportedly not related to the Bill Cosby story. “Instead, [ThreatKing] claimed, this stems entirely from his dislike of New York City, which he extends to magazines that share its name.”
At the time of publication, New York magazine was still down.
Beverly Johnson, one of 35 women interviewed, on allegedly being assaulted by Bill Cosby: http://t.co/T3DGgjNWI4 pic.twitter.com/ABg3ilTShS
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) July 27, 2015
This article has been updated to include New York magazine’s response to a request for comment.
Update: New York magazine’s cover story is now available to read on their Tumblr account.
Update: As of Monday afternoon, nymag.com was back up.