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Răzvan LIVINTZ

August 07, 2009

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When TwitterTM went down in a DDoS attack yesterday,
some users of the social networking platforms felt like “terrorists
were attacking
“; others complained about the heavy productivity
loss
and inability
to complete their jobs
.

Allegations and rumors put the blame on the creepy Koobface worm.
Conspiracy theorists pointed the finger towards a cyberfare offensive meant to silent the voice
of a blogger
that supports Republic
of Georgia.

To spice things a little, a few days ago, the US Department
of Defense announced that it seriously consider
moving away from Web 2.0
, while the US Marines completely
rejected social networking
, and, of course, Twitter.

Until the situation clears a little bit, the lesson of the social
networking bubble that naturally burst yesterday taught the world several
things: the inevitable occurred – it was just a matter of time until Twitter,
Facebook and others to be hit (very hard). The social networking addiction (“dependence”,
if we talk about businesses) rockets towards sky – just take
a look at how hard the Internet traffic fell
during Twitter outage.

Hopefully, people will start to realize that Web 2.0
solutions need to be more secure. With a bit of luck, the consequence will be
visible soon enough – robust and safe social networking hubs.

Last but not least, the world spent several hours away from
Blackberry and computer keyboards, using neurons for something else than
advertising 140-characters-long messages about “watching tv”, “drinking beer”
and so on… Again, hopefully…

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Răzvan LIVINTZ

I rediscovered "all that technical jazz" with the E-Threat Analysis Team at Bitdefender, the creator of one of the industry's most effective lines of internationally certified security software.

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