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Hackers Attack Twitter, Facebook Also Slows Down

Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down

NEW YORK - A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems. Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it was "defending against a denial-of-service attack," in which hackers command scores of computers to a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through. Ref. Source 7

Down Slows Facebook Twitter Attack Hackers

I guess there are a lot of bored people out there if they have nothing better to do than hack people and popular sites. I guess they think it is funny.

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Web attack blogger blames Russia

A blogger who was targeted in a co-ordinated attack against websites such as Facebook and Twitter blames Russia. Ref. Source 1