6 Aug
2009
Social network giant, Twitter, fell victim to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack this morning, which lasted from 9:30 a.m. ET. to 11:30a.m. ET. Since then, service has been spotty and slow.
DoS attacks occur when hackers overload a website’s system’s servers with bogus requests, thereby preventing legitimate users’ requests to access the overwhelmed site.
Twitter’s Chief Executive, Biz Stone, said of today’s attack:
Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, and in this case, Twitter for intended customers or users.
In an unrelated and, at time of going to press, unknown issue, Western Union, too, was out of service today.
|
|
|
|
SCROLL DOWN TO MAKE COMMENT
MORE FROM DIGITAL CHEESEBURGER
- Mr. Magic Hip-Hop Pioneer DJ Dead
- Google Gmail Crashes, Burns, Fries
- Leona Lewis Assaulted At Book Signing (VIDEO)
- Michael Jackson Laid To Rest
- Chris Brown Gets 5 Years, But Not In The Slammer!
- Health-Care Reform Scares, Lies & Bogeymen
- Nancy Grace Attacks Jon Gosselin (VIDEO)
- Michael Jackson - A Conspiracy?
FROM AROUND THE WEB
- Customer Service Should Be Important to Banks
- The Start Digging Out Of Credit Card Debt Challenge - Week Three.
- Why Are My Credit Cards Being Canceled?
- Finovate Startup 2009 Live Twitter
- How Do I Keep From Getting Hit With Credit Card Charges?
- Effective Management of Service Requests
- I just found out my fiance's online dating profile saying: "i'm looking for a serious relationship"?
- Effective Management of Service Requests
You might also like
|
|
|
|
|
![[Valid RSS]](http://www.digitalcheeseburger.com/images/valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
Make comments