DDOS Attack Against Facebook, Twitter, Et Al. Was Because of One Guy’s LiveJournal

According to a Facebook executive , the mark of today ’s DDOS attack on Twitter , Facebook , LiveJournal , YouTube and other social medium site was one pro - Georgian blogger going by the username of “ Cyxym . ” No tidings as to who was behind the attack .

Earlier today several competing societal net banded together to fight the DDOS attacks on their various properties . Google and Facebook were able to keep the effects minimal while Twitter and others lose periodic outage and severe backwardness through out the day .

Max Kelly , chief security officer at Facebook , explained that the attack specifically targeted Cyxym , and was direct toward website which he frequented or on which he held accounts , include his LiveJournal , where we witness the first proffer that there was a big target paint on his practical back :

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Cyxymu ’s LiveJournal varlet was n’t accessible , but a cached version show up that it was updated on Thursday with a message about the demurrer of service ( DOS ) attacks on his account statement on the US - based sites . “ Now it ’s obvious it ’s a particular flack against me and Georgians , ” the substance in Russian allege .

There is no password on exactly who was behind this plan of attack and Kelly worsen to speculate . But we question : Did Cyxym have a Gizmodo commenter news report too or was theDDOS attack on Gawker Mediaan only unrelated coincidence ? [ CNET ]

https://gizmodo.com/why-gizmodo-went-down-5329629

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