It was initially thought that the hacktivist group Anonymous is responsible for the attack , because The Pirate Bay openly criticized Anonymous' DDoS attacks against Virgin Media, a UK ISP that blocked access to the popular torrent site.But Anonymous denied it, and The Pirate Bay confirmed that they were not on its Facebook page.
Now, an Anonymous hater has claimed he is behind the attack.
" You must be wondering why did I attacked The Pirate Bay.. I am Nyre. I am highly against Anonymous. I do not support Anonymous anymore. I sometimes help the feds. The Pirate Bay was a press-release website for Anonymous, then I had a idea, why not take it down? Why not make it impossible for Anonymous? " Hacker explained in the pastebin.
Hacker doesn't doesn’t mention anything about Wikileaks, which was also under a DDoS attack, and for much longer. Now, The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks are back online.