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Twitter Under Denial of Service Attack

Did Twitter succumb to the power of a coordinated bot network attack?
By Kevin Jackson
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August 6, 2009 01:30 PM EDT
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Multiple sources are reporting that Twitter continues to be under a denial of service attack. Some are speculating that this represents the power of a coordinated bot network attack. For the government community it is also a demonstration of what a well organized adversary can do against a major website.
Since Twitter is a cloud application on top of Amazon Web Services, my earlier thoughts explained in Cloud Computing: The Dawn of Maneuver Warfare in IT Security quickly come to mind.
I'm also contemplating that this could have something to do with Twitter effectiveness that I showcased in Iranian Protests Showcase Twitter, Facebook, YouTube (and Cloud Computing)!
The Georgia incident showed the reality of cyberwar. Is this a Cyber terrorist attack?

 

 

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Kevin L. Jackson is a senior information technologist specializing in information technology solutions that meet critical Federal government operational requirements. Currently, he serves as Vice President at Dataline, LLC , and editor of Government Cloud Computing e-zine. Kevin blogs regularly at Cloud Musings. To learn more about the US Federal Cloud Computing Initiative and the business value it offers, please visit the Government Cloud Value Survey.