'Massive attack' strikes websites
BBC
07-Aug-2009 (3 comments)

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. The company has not confirmed which services were targeted in the attack, but it is thought that its e-mail service Gmail and and video site YouTube were under fire.

Max Kelly, chief security officer at Facebook, told technology website CNET News that the attack was a strike targeted at a single user, pro-Georgian blogger Cyxymu. "It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard," he told the website. Friday marks one year since the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia.

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Jahanshah Javid

Little Tweet

by Jahanshah Javid on Fri Aug 07, 2009 07:55 AM PDT

I don't check facebook or twitter. You should have blogged it. The news section is for confirmed stories by major news organizations.


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Little Tweet

Dear Publisher

by Little Tweet on Fri Aug 07, 2009 07:11 AM PDT

I reported the attack on Twitter and Facebook yesterday but my post was treated as unimportant and wasn't featured. I thought you didn't even care.


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Darius Kadivar

I bet China is Helping IRI Hackers ...

by Darius Kadivar on Fri Aug 07, 2009 03:18 AM PDT

To help put an end to the Twitter Revolution ...

Tienanmen BIG BROTHER Joins Hands with Tehran's BIG VELAYAT 

Both Countries have an interest to stop so called "subversive" communication between inside and outside the country.

Tienanmen BIG Brother Joins Hands with Tehran's BIG VELAYAT 


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