As happens to many proven sites, Twitter seems to go offline twice this month. The first distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack happened on Aug 6th, at around 9.05 am ET. But the micro blogging site became fully operational at around 11.30 am. Second time, it was attacked on Tuesday, Aug 11th. This time Twitter stood up much better to that attack, as the site went down only for 30 minutes.
Facebook and LiveJournal were also attacked in the same way.
"It's a bit like 15 fat men trying to get through a revolving door at the same time -- nothing can move," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for Sophos, in a blog post.
A denial of service attack occurs when computers bombard a website with requests for information. Typically hackers can control thousands of innocent users' computers centrally and command them to visit a site that they wish to flood with traffic - making it impossible for other internet users to get through.
Cause:
Security experts have said that the earlier trouble was likely politically motivated and targeted a single person, a pro-Georgian blogger identified only as "Cyxymu."
Quote of the Day:
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
--Thomas Alva Edison
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