Security Blog
August 6, 2009
Twitter, Facebook Under Siege
Social networking services Twitter and Facebook were the targets of a denial of service (DoS) attack this morning. The hackers managed to take down Twitter for a couple of hours and were also somewhat successful in disrupting Facebook as well. As of now, Twitter is still trying to fend off the attacks and has managed to restore service to its users.
Hackers and cyber criminals alike are clearly making social networks one of their primary targets. Social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook need to look long and hard at how they protect their services and users.
Posted by: Pete at 11:46 AM
Categories: Denial of Service , General
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