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Old 08-07-2009, 05:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Massive Attack Strikes Websites
BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Massive attack' strikes websites

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High-profile websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter have been targeted by hackers in what is described as a "massively co-ordinated attack".

Other sites such as the blogging platform Live Journal were also reportedly targeted.

Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook's service was "degraded", according to the firms.

Google said it had defended its sites and was now working with the other firms to investigate the attack.

"Google systems prevented substantive impact to our services," the company said in a statement.
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Old 08-07-2009, 05:39 AM   #2 (permalink)
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There's actually much more to the story:

Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

It seems it was a coordinated attack against a pro-Georgian blogger.
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