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Twitter is down because of DoS attack

Yup, Twitter’s been down for more than an hour. It looks like it’s being hit by a serious DoS attack. I’ll update this post as soon as more info is available…

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twitter_logoYup, Twitter’s been down for more than an hour. It looks like it’s being hit by a serious DoS attack.
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I’ll update this post as soon as more info is available.

Update: Looks like Twitter is back up!
Update2: Down again..

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