Twitter spent the later part of the week fighting off a DOS (denial of service) attack, that also targeted fellow social-media site Facebook.Social media sites Facebook and Twitter took a beating over the weekend after both were subjected to a DOS attack. Twitter was down for two hours on Thursday and still suffered from the attacks on Friday.
Facebook reported that people had trouble accessing the site on Thursday, but resolved the situation late that morning Pacific Time. A blogger from Georgia claimed that the Russian government sponsored the attacks in an effort to silence him for speaking out against the country's handling of Georgia.
While Twitter was mum on the attacks' motivation, a Facebook spokeswoman said they were directed at an "activist blogger" -- possibly the Georgia advocate -- rather than the sites themselves.
netizens left a footprint.