Re:Twitter suffers sustained outage in hacker attack
by hornokplease on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:24PM
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HED doesn't tell the whole story - in the article an unidentified security expert is quoted:
One security professional said the group probably used a DDoS-for-hire site to launch an attack against Twitter on Tuesday, but downplayed the likelihood the group was solely responsible for bringing down the social media network.
Re:Twitter suffers sustained outage in hacker attack
by ceol on Thursday June 21, 2012 @08:11PM
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One security professional said the group probably used a DDoS-for-hire site to launch an attack against Twitter on Tuesday, but downplayed the likelihood the group was solely responsible for bringing down the social media network.
"It was mere coincidence," the security professional said. "The backend of Twitter is having issues, which is unrelated to the very small attack."
More like "Twitter suffers sustained outage coincidentally during hacker attack"
Re:Twitter suffers sustained outage in hacker attack
by dennmart on Thursday June 21, 2012 @08:43PM
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Some of my Facebook friends actually went to Facebook to mention that Twitter was down. I wonder what would happen if both Twitter and Facebook were down simultaneously...
Re:Twitter suffers sustained outage in hacker attack
by modarts on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:58PM
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I highly doubt that a site that operates at the scale of Twitter would be susceptible to a DDoS; or wouldn't at least of provisions in place to lessen the effect of such an attack.
Re:Twitter suffers sustained outage in hacker attack
by hornokplease on Thursday June 21, 2012 @08:00PM
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I agree with you, I think the headline in this case is ill-advised, especially since the body of the report quotes a security professional who casts doubt on a DDoS as the culprit behind today's downtime. I fear it might have been chosen because it's a more provocative headline...
One security professional said the group probably used a DDoS-for-hire site to launch an attack against Twitter on Tuesday, but downplayed the likelihood the group was solely responsible for bringing down the social media network.
"It was mere coincidence," the security professional said. "The backend of Twitter is having issues, which is unrelated to the very small attack."
More like "Twitter suffers sustained outage coincidentally during hacker attack"
Amusing, but poignant: We go to Twitter when something is down or an earthquake happens, but where do we go when Twitter itself is down?