Avaaz website under massive attack, from a government or large corporation?

Call me a cynic, but phrases like:

"An expert is telling us that an attack this large is likely coming from a government or large corporation"

"Many wondered when these people would come after us."

Make me seriously doubt the integrity of the claim. Speaking of Murdoch, this is the exact same trick tabloid papers pull when fabricating or exaggerating their own reporting to fit their agenda.

Site seems pretty snappy to me. Maybe people donated to their "defence fund" and kept the site running, hahaha. Seriously though, 36 hour DDOS attacks from the government or a large corporation? Why would people bother.

I have two reactions to this.

1) Welcome to the Internet; if you're high profile, you're going to get attacked. This is the new reality and why companies like Facebook or Google support/tolerate cybersecurity legislation. The growth in threats just in the last 12 months has been significant.

2) Your site loaded instantly for me, and you're asking for money...color me suspicious. At minimum I'd like to see some actual evidence before believing that Rupert Murdoch or Exxon are DDOSing your site.

One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, loaded.