Earlier today, Twitter suffered from a denial of service attack, reportedly caused by hackers. Users experienced widespread outages, connection problems or no access to the site.
Developer Biz Stone immediately posted on the Twitter blog explaining that this disruption was a 'malicious effort' to prevent users from accessing the site and allowing the site to operate in a normal fashion.
Facebook was also a victim, but only to the extent that users experienced slower service and interruptions, media sources reveal.
Some media outlets are already speculating as to who was behind the denial of service, with the New York Times claiming that the action perhaps originated in Russia or Georgia. One official from the not-for-profit internet tracking company, Packet Clearing House deemed it to be another form of the conflict between the two countries.
'One side put up propaganda, the other side figured this out and is attacking them,' he told the news provider.
Meanwhile, five hours ago Twitter updated its status blog to explain that the site is working albeit slower than usual and the team is working to get things running at full capacity.
Developer Biz Stone immediately posted on the Twitter blog explaining that this disruption was a 'malicious effort' to prevent users from accessing the site and allowing the site to operate in a normal fashion.
Facebook was also a victim, but only to the extent that users experienced slower service and interruptions, media sources reveal.
Some media outlets are already speculating as to who was behind the denial of service, with the New York Times claiming that the action perhaps originated in Russia or Georgia. One official from the not-for-profit internet tracking company, Packet Clearing House deemed it to be another form of the conflict between the two countries.
'One side put up propaganda, the other side figured this out and is attacking them,' he told the news provider.
Meanwhile, five hours ago Twitter updated its status blog to explain that the site is working albeit slower than usual and the team is working to get things running at full capacity.
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