Comments on: Where Did All the Tweets Go? http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/ A weblog dedicated to educating the community on security threats that matter Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:35:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jeremie http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-223617 Jeremie Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:04:27 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-223617 Do you happen to have a graph of the number of flows for the same time period and IP blocks? Do you happen to have a graph of the number of flows for the same time period and IP blocks?

]]> By: Jeremie http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-223597 Jeremie Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-223597 Hello Craig, Thank you for your very interesting post (and the added information provided in your comment replies)... I'm curious as to the source of the data used to plot the graph. Is the Observatory a publically available source? And if so, how can I access it? Best regards... Hello Craig,

Thank you for your very interesting post (and the added information provided in your comment replies)…

I’m curious as to the source of the data used to plot the graph. Is the Observatory a publically available source? And if so, how can I access it?

Best regards…

]]> By: Twitter, Facebook Fend Off Dos Attacks - Lets Be Secure | Lets Be Secure http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-222856 Twitter, Facebook Fend Off Dos Attacks - Lets Be Secure | Lets Be Secure Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:20:05 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-222856 [...] service Twitter fell precipitously, reaching a bandwidth of 60 Mbps by 10:40 a.m. ET, according to Arbor Networks, a networking services firm. Twitter had reached nearly 200 Mbps prior to the [...] [...] service Twitter fell precipitously, reaching a bandwidth of 60 Mbps by 10:40 a.m. ET, according to Arbor Networks, a networking services firm. Twitter had reached nearly 200 Mbps prior to the [...]

]]> By: Lots of Women on Facebook, Few Kids on Twitter, no Marines Anywhere | eGov Digest http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221723 Lots of Women on Facebook, Few Kids on Twitter, no Marines Anywhere | eGov Digest Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:19:18 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221723 [...] Chart from Arbor Networks [...] [...] Chart from Arbor Networks [...]

]]> By: Craig Labovitz http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221705 Craig Labovitz Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:42:54 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221705 At this point, I believe several of the site owners and their upstream ISPs have a better picture of what happened during the attacks yesterday. But it is up to the site owners to release any of these details. At this point, I believe several of the site owners and their upstream ISPs have a better picture of what happened during the attacks yesterday. But it is up to the site owners to release any of these details.

]]> By: Kristofferst http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221704 Kristofferst Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:36:01 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221704 I assume this is enough data to rule out Bill Woodcock's explanation in The New York Times: "Rather, he said, at about 10:30 a.m. E.S.T., millions of people worldwide received spam e-mail messages containing links to Twitter and other sites. When recipients clicked on the links, those sites were overwhelmed with requests to access their servers. “It’s a vast increase in traffic that creates the denial of service,” he said. " http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html I assume this is enough data to rule out Bill Woodcock’s explanation in The New York Times:
“Rather, he said, at about 10:30 a.m. E.S.T., millions of people worldwide received spam e-mail messages containing links to Twitter and other sites. When recipients clicked on the links, those sites were overwhelmed with requests to access their servers. “It’s a vast increase in traffic that creates the denial of service,” he said. ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html

]]> By: domoaringatoo http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221697 domoaringatoo Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:32 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221697 Speculation on F-Secure http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001746.html was that this DDoS orginated from Russian nationalists in order to silence a Georgian blogger. Anyone with additional information that can shore up or refute this theory? Speculation on F-Secure

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001746.html

was that this DDoS orginated from Russian nationalists in order to silence a Georgian blogger. Anyone with additional information that can shore up or refute this theory?

]]> By: Silence Cyxymu - Bits & Pieces http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221693 Silence Cyxymu - Bits & Pieces Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:45:21 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221693 [...] is behind this attack, they had significant bandwidth available. Our best guess is that these attacks were done by nationalistic Russian hackers who [...] [...] is behind this attack, they had significant bandwidth available. Our best guess is that these attacks were done by nationalistic Russian hackers who [...]

]]> By: Faisal Khan http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221692 Faisal Khan Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:35:12 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221692 Craig, Any idea on the type of an attack? Or what was the size of the incoming attack? 200-300Mbps would have been very easy for the (alleged) Russian bot-net operators to bring down no? Was this a bandwidth saturation attack or an attack that overwhelmed the servers/routers? Faisal Khan. Craig,

Any idea on the type of an attack? Or what was the size of the incoming attack? 200-300Mbps would have been very easy for the (alleged) Russian bot-net operators to bring down no? Was this a bandwidth saturation attack or an attack that overwhelmed the servers/routers?

Faisal Khan.

]]> By: Gurdip http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/comment-page-1/#comment-221687 Gurdip Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:50:55 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2009/08/where-did-all-the-tweets-go/#comment-221687 Thanks for the explanation Craig. Any traffic details on other affected services such as Facebook (who apparently were also attacked)? Thanks for the explanation Craig. Any traffic details on other affected services such as Facebook (who apparently were also attacked)?

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