The botnet that has been assigned to DDoS the site is obviously still locked on target, because the host is getting massively hit and the site is effectively unreachable.
This is a setback, but probably not a permanent one. There are always alternatives.
Incidentally, it occurs to me that this would be a great way to map a botnet. If there are any ISPs out there who'd like to know which of their customer machines are compromised, I can give them a pretty good list. telia.com and wanadoo.nl, are you listening?
And if the botnet operator running the attack is reading this, like the man says in the song:
Send a message to your masters,
Tell them "Nothing's over yet."
