Within twenty-four hours of the initial "fall-out" at Twitter - shortly after the social hub fell down and went boom - Internet Security experts and anti-virus aficionados scrambled to shed a searing penetrating light on the unexpected attack which swept across the blogosphere - like a giant computer tsunami - and crippled a host of web sites in its powerful wake.
Was it a new-fangled worm?
Some speculated that it was all about bragging rights.
Just betcha, it was the invisible hand of a pimply-faced computer nerd out to flex (and draw-attention-to) his potent hacking skills for the mere thrill of it, Dudes.
In a report I penned and posted yesterday afternoon, I noted that individuals at Sophos ( a leading anti-virus expert) were quite emphatic that the cyber attack was instigated by savvy criminals with an agenda in mind (either personal or professional in nature).
Post: 08/07/09
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2009/08/twittercyber-attack-paralyzes-tweet.html
Meanwhile - in other quarters - investigators directly involved with hands-on security issues on the pervasive world-wide-web, hinted that it was an army of computers (taken hostage unbeknown to their owners) known as "Botnets" that triggered the domino effect which ultimately overwhelmed the Internet.
Today, pieces of the intriguing puzzle are being put into place, with the precious hope that the footprint of the intruder may be tracked to the source.
There will be an update this afternoon on the painstaking investigation underway and a rundown on the findings of the experts.
In the meantime - it should be noted that a posse of pundits, notables in the IT field, and probing media types (for starters) - have tossed in their own two-cents worth on not only the ramifications of the calamitous event - but the profound meaning of it all in a pop culture (& Internet phenomenon) subtext.
A journalist at the McClatchy Newspapers gets a nod for their summary on the Twitter "attack" - and likewise - their astute assessment of the resulting fall-out in the aftermath.
"Twitter's site crashed, leaving approximately 23 million unique visitors without the ability to "tweet" about themselves for several hours."
Devastating!
Was it a new-fangled worm?Some speculated that it was all about bragging rights.
Just betcha, it was the invisible hand of a pimply-faced computer nerd out to flex (and draw-attention-to) his potent hacking skills for the mere thrill of it, Dudes.
In a report I penned and posted yesterday afternoon, I noted that individuals at Sophos ( a leading anti-virus expert) were quite emphatic that the cyber attack was instigated by savvy criminals with an agenda in mind (either personal or professional in nature).Post: 08/07/09
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2009/08/twittercyber-attack-paralyzes-tweet.html
Meanwhile - in other quarters - investigators directly involved with hands-on security issues on the pervasive world-wide-web, hinted that it was an army of computers (taken hostage unbeknown to their owners) known as "Botnets" that triggered the domino effect which ultimately overwhelmed the Internet.
Today, pieces of the intriguing puzzle are being put into place, with the precious hope that the footprint of the intruder may be tracked to the source.
There will be an update this afternoon on the painstaking investigation underway and a rundown on the findings of the experts.
In the meantime - it should be noted that a posse of pundits, notables in the IT field, and probing media types (for starters) - have tossed in their own two-cents worth on not only the ramifications of the calamitous event - but the profound meaning of it all in a pop culture (& Internet phenomenon) subtext.
A journalist at the McClatchy Newspapers gets a nod for their summary on the Twitter "attack" - and likewise - their astute assessment of the resulting fall-out in the aftermath.
"Twitter's site crashed, leaving approximately 23 million unique visitors without the ability to "tweet" about themselves for several hours."
Devastating!
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