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Facebook and Twitter DDOS troubles
The latest social networking site Facebook experienced a denial of service attack. The popular social-networking site changed it stance.
Facebook encountered network issues related to an apparent DDOS attack. That resulted in a decrease of the service for some users. Facebook said: “No user data was at risk and we have restored full
access to the site for most users. We're continuing to monitor the situation to ensure that users have the fast and reliable experience they've come to expect from Facebook."
Also Twitter and Livejournal experienced, they acknowledged that the problems were caused by a DDOS attack.
“As we recover, users will experience longer loading times” This includes timeouts to API clients. They said they are working to get back to 100% as soon as they can.
Information taken from: http://www.appscout.com/
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