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Re: Twitter Attacked

Keith Shepard — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:02:08 -0000

Here you go. Here's the reason for the DDoS (Denial of Services Attack):

- Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-2...

A pro-Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted in a denial of service attack that led to the site-wide outage at Twitter and problems at the other sites on Thursday, according to a Facebook executive.

Re: Twitter Attacked

@chartingstock — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:39:30 -0000

Well Said @Aiki14
The Recent NYSE Denial Of Service Attack Caused Serious Trading Problems For Traders All Over The World & Real Money Was Lost On Bad Data Feeds During That Attack. I'm Sure Not Much Was Mentioned Of It As N. Korea Had The 2 American Hostages But It Was An Act Of War & At Some Point A Very Real Effort Needs To Be Made To Completly Stop These Disruptions.

Keep Up The Good Work
From @ Chartingstock

Re: Twitter Attacked

ChartShark — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:57:37 -0000

Fame and fortune is a great motivator.

If one side is only admired by their circle of anti-social peers, and the other receives piles of cash & the admiration of the masses, I wonder who will win that war... tough call.

I used to drive by Dresden on the way to Berlin and I'd always have two thoughts:

1) I should go check this place out - I wonder how bad the damage actually was & how much still remains.
&
2) Isn't that the name of the club in Swingers?

Great article

Re: Twitter Attacked

aiki14 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:56:06 -0000

Tim, I'd be happy to. I'll follow you on twitter and send you a number via DM

Re: Twitter Attacked

Tim Bourquin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:37:40 -0000

Jim - wanted to see if I could interview you for TraderInterviews.com about how you approach the markets. Very informal - takes just about 20 minutes over the phone. Sorry about reaching you via comment - couldn't locate another way.

All the best,

Tim
www.TraderInterviews.com

Re: Twitter Attacked

aiki14 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:35:44 -0000

I imagine you have an infinitely greater understanding of the nuts and bolts of this and I look forward to your take on it. If only there was a way to link your blog to mine so the folks that read this could then click on a link to your post. ;)

Re: Twitter Attacked

jeremystein — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:14:53 -0000

i have a lot to say on this subject and i plan on writing a blog post about it later.

you are spot on-- its not a technology problem. its a human problem.

you can put large penalties and complex systems in place to help combat the issue, but eventually someone will figure out a way around it.

my bet is on the entrepreneurs. there are always new security startups popping up. we just need one that deals with social media. i think that will be a VERY lucrative business for someone willing to build it.