update The Domain Name System (DNS) services of Wikileaks.org and Cablegate.org have been ceased in a move that may torpedo efforts to access the websites. 
 
 The websites can still be accessed via their IP addresses, http://88.80.13.160/ and http://204.236.131.131/ respectively, according to a Wikileaks list of IP address mirrors. Alternatives are also on the mirror site. 
 
 However, the DNS services that allow a user to enter an alphabetical web address, such as www.wikileaks.org, have ceased. Users attempting to type in the address will be served a blank page. 
 
 Wikileaks' DNS provider EveryDNS.net pulled the DNS services at 10pm US Eastern Standard Time after the site suffered a massive denial-of-service attack (DoS). EveryDNS.net said in a post on its site that it had done so because the DoS contravened acceptable use policy. 
 
 Only weeks ago the US Federal Government introduced the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) which essentially prevents users across the world from accessing websites banned under US law by forcing the nation's powerful domain registrars to withdraw the domain registrations they control. 
 
 The Act calls for the creation of two blacklists: one established with domain names fed through the US courts and the other maintained by the nation's Attorney-General's Office in the Department of Justice. 
 
 So far, the US has blocked the DNS registrations of 70 pirate websites under COICA. 
 
 Updated at 8:45pm, 3 December 2010: replaced the term registration with services. ||||| (CNN) -- A U.S.-based domain name provider shut down WikiLeaks early Friday, but the controversial website announced hours later that it had employed a company in Switzerland and was back up. 
 
 "WikiLeaks moves to Switzerland," the company said on its Twitter page about 4 a.m. ET. 
 
 The tweet also provided WikiLeaks' new web address. 
 
 U.S.-based domain provider EveryDNS.net shut down WikiLeaks' old web address early Friday. 
 
 The company announced that it had to cut its relationship with WikiLeaks because the site had received multiple cyber attacks. 
 
 "EveryDNS.net provided domain name system (DNS) services to the wikileaks.org domain name until 10 p.m. ET, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated," the U.S.-based company posted on its website. 
 
 "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 company said Wikileaks.org has become the target of multiple cyber 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." 
 
 WikiLeaks lamented the shutdown on its official Twitter page early Friday. 
 
 "WikiLeaks.org domain killed by US everydns.net after claimed mass attacks KEEP US STRONG," the company posted early Friday morning. 
 
 Amazon also kicked the site off its servers. 
 
 CNN's Melissa Hassett and Jason Kessler contributed to this story. ||||| After getting dropped by Amazon's web hosting service yesterday, Wikileak was booted today from its Domain Name Service provider. Now Wikileaks is down again, and effectively homeless. 
 
 In a statement, EveryDNS says they were forced to terminate their relationship with Wikileaks to protect stability for other customers: 
 
 ...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. 
 
 It adds, "Any downtime of the wikileaks.org website has resulted from its failure to use another hosted DNS service provider." A site like Wikileaks needs a DNS service provider to keep its domain name up and running. With non-functioning domain name, Wikileaks now risks becoming "a digital refugee," as tech writer Evgeny Morozov tweets. 
 
 Regardless of the motives behind EveryDNS' decision, we should keep in mind it's a free service... maybe Wikileaks should have used some of their hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to get a backup? Now Julian Assange will have to release all the cables in Facebook status updates.
– WikiLeaks' US domain host terminated its account last night, making the website inaccessible for the third time in a week ... but it's already back online. EveryDNS, which had hosted the wikileaks.org domain name for 4 years, said the site has become the target of multiple denial-of-service attacks, threatening EveryDNS's infrastructure, Gawker reports. But hours after being booted, WikiLeaks announced a move to a company in Switzerland and tweeted its new URL, CNN reports. The move by EveryDNS—a subsidiary of New Hampshire-based firm Dynamic Network Services—meant WikiLeaks was briefly down, but not out, ZDNet notes. While typing wikileaks.org into a browser didn't take users to the site, much of its content could still be reached via IP addresses, and its leaked diplomatic cables have been widely distributed through file-sharing sites. Click here for more on WikiLeak's Internet woes.