<p>On November 7, starting around midnight Eastern Time, Twitter.com went down. The outage only lasted around 30-45 minutes, but users believe it had to do with WikiLeaks, the U.S. election, and a DDoS attack.</p> 
<p>Before the outage, WikiLeaks tweeted about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DNCLeak2?src=hash" type="external">#DNCLeak2</a>, a release of 8263 <a href="https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/?q=%40releasedate+%222016-11-07%22&amp;mfrom=&amp;mto=&amp;title=&amp;notitle=&amp;date_from=&amp;date_to=&amp;nofrom=&amp;noto=&amp;count=50&amp;sort=0#searchresult" type="external">new emails</a> from the DNC.</p> 
<p>It seems to be true that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DNCLeak2?src=hash" type="external">#DNCLeak2</a>was trending on Twitter before the blackout, but has since been removed from the trends list. A bit after the outage, the hashtag was added to the trends list once again.</p> A screencap of Twitter&#8217;s U.S. trends taken at 11:54 PM PST on November 6, 2016 (after the outage). The hashtag was missing when Twitter went back up, but it seems to be reinstated. (Twitter) 
<p>Many are connecting the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DNCLeak2?src=hash" type="external">#DNCLeak2</a>, which implied the Clintons were responsible for the killing of Vince Foster &#8212; whose death was ruled a suicide.</p> 
<p>Here are some twitter users&#8217; ideas on the subject:</p> 
<q> <p>DDOS ATTACK BY GOV IN PROGRESS! THEY WILL DO THIS THRU ELECTION NIGHT! THEY DONT WANT US COMMUNICATING! STEALING ELECTION UNDER BLACK OUT!</p> <p>&#8212; Deplorable Jack! (@risetoflyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/risetoflyy/status/795514305311444992" type="external">November 7, 2016</a></p> </q> 
<p>Do you think Twitter was in on the outage? Do you think the NSA was involved? Leave your thoughts below!</p>
Why Was Twitter Down? Another DDoS Attack? Everything You Need To Know