Multiple Internet sites, including popular Social Media hangouts Twitter and Facebook, were temporarily disrupted on Thursday 6 August 2009 after they were struck by apparently coordinated computer attacks. Users were unable to access Twitter’s Web site for about two hours starting and round the same time, Facebook users saw delays logging in or using the social network.
It appears a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) was to blame. What this does raise is one of the vulnerabilities businesses face when working online with Cloud based tools. It is important that all risks are understood by both small, medium and large businesses alike when hosting in the cloud.
Steve Parrott over at the webblog The Seemless Enterprise offers good advice as to what can be learnt from this type of attack.
