Tag Archives: Twitter attack

Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal Under Attack

6 Aug

Google Buzz
social-media-brand

The social media world is in chaos as two of the leading social media sites have been attacked. Today Twitter is experiencing a prolonged down time due to a malicious Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS). Facebook too has acknowledged that their periodical website issues too are due to DDoS activity. A Facebook representative stated that “Earlier this morning, Facebook ...

Twitter Down – Malicious Attack Cause Social Media Site To Blackout

6 Aug

Google Buzz
twitter

Twitter is down, the site has lengthened its downtime; over the last few hours Twitter has disclosed that it’s fighting against a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS). Twitter has been a lot more stable this year than it has been in the past. Twitter has indicated the status of its downtime on its blog, but also stated that ...