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06-08-2009, 01:16 PM
Chippiewill

Twitter down

It's down :O

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.twitter.com
06-08-2009, 01:23 PM
efq

There was stupid bots getting 'Twitter Purge' a TT and stuff earlier.
06-08-2009, 01:24 PM
Jack!

seems ok now?

im on twitter at the moment?
06-08-2009, 01:27 PM
Misawa

It's still down for me, as is TwitterFox.
06-08-2009, 02:37 PM
Markeh

Can't get on using Twitter.com or Twitterific. Error comes up on Twitterific, and IE Cannot Display This Page on the computer.
06-08-2009, 02:39 PM
Flisker

http://status.twitter.com/post/157160617/site-is-down
06-08-2009, 02:55 PM
Chippiewill

http://status.twitter.com/

More details :P
06-08-2009, 02:59 PM
Misawa

Would anyone like to shed some light on what a "denial of service" attack is?
06-08-2009, 03:05 PM
Nli.

"
A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or persons to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers."

- wikipedia.org
06-08-2009, 03:31 PM
Misawa

Thanks.

I don't know what hackers and all that get out of disrupting services.
06-08-2009, 03:32 PM
WizingWiz

Oh Noesss :D

Awhhh

Wiz

Edited by Robbie! (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not make pointless or unconstructive posts
06-08-2009, 03:40 PM
Jordy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misawa

Thanks.

I don't know what hackers and all that get out of disrupting services.

Nothing the majority of the time, there's rarely any advantage to them, it's a pretty evil thing to do and as you can see, there's not much which can be done to stop them.
06-08-2009, 03:45 PM
Misawa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jordy

Nothing the majority of the time, there's rarely any advantage to them, it's a pretty evil thing to do and as you can see, there's not much which can be done to stop them.

So they just get off on other people's misery.
06-08-2009, 03:46 PM
Nli.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misawa

Thanks.

I don't know what hackers and all that get out of disrupting services.

I guess they get a feel of power. For example when people create Habbo Retro Servers, they probably feel powerful because they can do what they want. Obviously, different circumstances to a retro, but they probably feel good knowing they have disrupted peoples days somehow.
06-08-2009, 03:50 PM
efq

God, I can't live without twitterrr lol.

haha it made sky news breaking news: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Tec...s_Cyber-Attack
06-08-2009, 03:56 PM
Recursion

And the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8188201.stm
06-08-2009, 04:19 PM
Misawa

It came back for five minutes and now it's down again. God damn nerds.
06-08-2009, 07:06 PM
GoldenMerc

surely they should have DDoS protection, i mean yes its hard to find but theres loads of ways to protect and stop a DDoS attack.
06-08-2009, 07:23 PM
HotelUser

Well I'm able to access Twitter now:P.
06-08-2009, 07:51 PM
iDenning

lol whats so good about twitter, it even makes breaking news. How pathetic.
07-08-2009, 08:29 AM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by HHGS.Net

surely they should have DDoS protection, i mean yes its hard to find but theres loads of ways to protect and stop a DDoS attack.

Even the best of DDoS protection wouldn't stop some.