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DoS attack silences Twitter, disrupts Facebook
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Hackers have unleashed a DoS attack against micro-blogging site Twitter Thursday night, bringing service down for two hours, and severely disrupting Facebook in a separate attack.
Both sites are currently up and running, but continue to fend off hordes of zombie bots. Although Facebook wasn't brought down by the attack, service was severely disrupted.
User data was not at risk, says Facebook, and it's was probably more secure than ever, as few people could access the site.
Due to their popularity, both Twitter and Facebook have faced various attacks and hacks in the past, but the latest attack clearly shows that even the biggest sites are susceptible to relatively unsophisticated brute force attacks.
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