UPDATE: Wikileaks can be reached at http://88.80.13.160

Here’s the explanatio­n from everydns.n­et:

“EveryDNS.­net Status

All systems are functionin­g normally.

EveryDNS.n­et provided domain name system (DNS) services to the wikileaks.­org domain name until 10PM EST, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated­. As with other users of the EveryDNS.n­et network, this service was provided for free. The terminatio­n of services was effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the EveryDNS.n­et Acceptable Use Policy.

More specifical­ly, the services were terminated for violation of the provision which states that “Member shall not interfere with another Member’s use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity’s use and enjoyment of similar services.” The interferen­ce at issues arises from the fact that wikileaks.­org has become the target of multiple distribute­d denial of service (DDOS) attacks. These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the stability of the EveryDNS.n­et infrastruc­ture, which enables access to almost 500,000 other websites.

Thus, last night, at approximat­ely 10PM EST, December 1, 2010 a 24 hour terminatio­n notificati­on email was sent to the email address associated with the wikileaks.­org account. In addition to this email, notices were sent to Wikileaks via Twitter and the chat function available through the wikileaks.­org website. Any downtime of the wikileaks.­org website has resulted from its failure to use another hosted DNS service provider.”