An attack!

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not sorry for the inconvenience you may have experienced as a result of the recent denial of service attacks at our GPD offices.  The perpetrators have been identified as operatives of the New Company, but we believe that they enlisted the help of many young people who were trying to be part of a large flash mob.  There was no permanent damage to our infrastructure, but GPD employees and many people seeking services at their local GPD offices were delayed for several hours while we mopped up after the operation.  Unfortunately the organizers of the event neglected to show up, so we don't have them in custody yet, but we will...