Apparently the network was DDoSed. And your question should be who initiated the DDoS, if you know what that is.
How can all the nodes be DDoSed ? Why doesn't that happen to Ethereum or Bitcoin ? Where is the DDoS protection ?
Nahhh I smell bullshit. I think the network is not capable of handling the volume. If it was DDoSed then there would be no connection to the website.