Online Attack Silences Twitter for Much of Day

Everybody’s still regrouping after today’s Denial of Service attacks against Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and other social media websites. Now, however, some further details about what happened and who might be behind it are coming to light.

According to Bill Woodcock of Packet Clearing House (a nonprofit organization tracking Internet traffic), the attack wasn’t a traditional DDoS attack using automated bots, but one conducted through a wave of spam email messages that hit Twitter, LiveJournal, and other websites. On top of that, it looks like YouTube was targeted.

There are also indications that the attack may be related to an ongoing conflict between Georgia and Russia. Read More on Mashable.com