Twitter site reopens after attack – BBC News
Posted by lemiffe in Communication, Internet, Security on Aug 6th, 2009 | 0 commentsMicro-blogging service Twitter was taken offline for more than an hour on Thursday in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack.
The popular site has been subject to a so-called denial-of-service attack, according to the firm’s official blog.
Denial-of-service attacks take various forms but often involve a company’s servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
Facebook has also said it is “looking into” possible problems with its site.
via BBC NEWS | Technology | Twitter site reopens after attack.
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