Site under cyber attack, says WikiLeaks

The whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has said its website is under a cyber attack. The website, in its Twitter feed has posted this: "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack."

The website had earlier announced that it would publish more logs on Iraq war on Sunday.

Several countries including the United States, have asked Wikileaks to halt the release of the classified documents of the State Department.

In its latest Twitter feed, Wikileaks has assertained that it will go ahead with its plans. "El Pais, Le Monde, Speigel, Guardian & NYT will publish many U.S. embassy cables tonight, even if WikiLeaks goes down," reads its Twiiter feed.