Late Wednesday morning, the New York Times website crashed. This was verified by the Times. Speculation as to why is running from heavy traffic to a cyber-attack:
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The New York Times Web site is experiencing technical difficulties. We expect to be back up shortly.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 14, 2013
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Fox Business quoting source as saying the NYT site is under cyberattack. Ominous if true
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) August 14, 2013
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