This was a particularly destructive attack, one of the worst yet, and again, all credit is due to Rich for beating back the hordes.

But the fact is, Empire Burlesque is actually under cyber-attack almost all the time. Especially in the past few months, the assaults have been relentless, continuous, from several different directions.

 

Sometimes they get through; most of the time they don't, thanks to Rich. I don't know the provenance of all of these attackers, or their motives, or why they have singled out this particular site. There might be several different, unrelated agendas at work (including good old-fashioned motiveless malignancy). One has suspicions and suppositions of course; but as the attackers swarm at us out of the dark then retreat back into the shadows, there is no way of knowing for sure.

But one thing is certain: we will not be silenced by these thugs. As I said, measures are going forward to make the site more secure; but even if the attacks grow worse, more sophisticated, more crippling, we will keep on going. If we have to operate like pirate radio – a ghostly voice breaking through the static and the jamming whenever we can – then that's what we'll do. Whatever happens, just keep tuning to this frequency, and we'll be back.