1) Welcome to the Internet; if you're high profile, you're going to get attacked. This is the new reality and why companies like Facebook or Google support/tolerate cybersecurity legislation. The growth in threats just in the last 12 months has been significant.

2) Your site loaded instantly for me, and you're asking for money...color me suspicious. At minimum I'd like to see some actual evidence before believing that Rupert Murdoch or Exxon are DDOSing your site.