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Posted By Pete at 5:02 PM, August 7, 2009
Denial of service attacks on Twitter have continued, and while the Twitter service is still up, some of the services such as SMS tweeting are still experiencing some problems. Out of the three main targets (Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal), Twitter seems to be affected by it the most. Now that the attack is under control, we try to find who did it and the motivation behind it.
Per Twitter's blog:
"The ongoing, massively coordinated attacks on Twitter this week appear to have been geopolitical in motivation. However, we don't feel it's appropriate to engage in speculative discussion about these motivations. The open exchange of information can have a positive impact globally and our job is to keep Twitter services running reliably to the best of our ability."
Further investigation leads to this report from PC World. In the report they point out that the attacks maybe an attempt from Russia to silence a certain blogger identified as Cyxymu in Georgia (the country). According to the report a spokeswoman from Facebook almost went as far as confirming it:
"[The attacks] appears to be directed at an individual who has a presence on a number of sites, rather than the sites themselves. Specifically, the person is an activist blogger and a botnet was directed to request his pages at such a rate that it impacted service for other users. We've isolated the issue and almost all of our users are able to enjoy the normal Facebook experience."
One thing that disturbs me in all of this, is the easy availability of botnets to the attacker. It seems like there are an unlimited number of botnets at their disposal. All they need to is flip the switch and whoever they attack is at their mercy. I wouldn't be surprised if there are underground vendors selling botnets to the highest bidder. This just means that there are way too many infected PCs and the Internet has become a farm for growing weapons.
Posted by: Pete at 5:02 PM
Categories: Denial of Service , General
Posted By Pete at 11:46 AM, August 6, 2009
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