Twitter is Down, What is happening?
If you recently checked Twitter.com then you would have noticed that Twitter is down and all you will get is a blank screen. The same goes for Facebook where users are experiencing problems logging into their accounts. It has been reported that Twitter has been attacked by a denial-of-service attack, also known as DDOS. Unfortunately, it is hard to block against these kind of attacks, even for a company as big as Facebook and Twitter.When you suffer a DDOS attack, the hacker directs thousands or even millions of computers at the server. These computers are what we call zombies and these zombies are controlled by what is called a botnet. Unfortunately, there is nothing much you can do right now but…