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Friday, August 07, 2009

What Knocked Out Twitter? Attacks On Blogger


Hacker went after ‘Cyxymu’ on several sites, caused damage worldwide

NEW YORK
- The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.

"It told us how quickly many people really took Twitter into their hearts," Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, said Friday.

Tens of millions of people have come to rely on social media to express their innermost thoughts and to keep up with world news and celebrity gossip.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Again...Twitter your damn arse off...This should be below Dr. A's. site...you are not following through Joe!!! Even if the Status remains the same...there is someone that has offered this community so much and STILL has ALOT to offer...

Keep Dr. Alvarado's news first like you said! It is a long haul for this gentle man...and you can only honor your word by putting his news first...there are so many families, children, etc..that truly adore this man in our community...join in and show your support.

Anonymous said...

Denial of service (DOS), it's very common. Joe please don't try to speak technical.

joealbero said...

anonymous 11:45, oh come on, one last time. You're a POS. I know, too technical for you but give it time, you'll figure it out.