Hackers hit Twitter and Facebook - 0 views
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in January this year Twitter announced that 33 accounts had been hacked, including those belonging to US President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears.
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Alex David on 19 Aug 09Social & Ethical issues- security , privacy& anonymity
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Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks take various forms but often involve a company's servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
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Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook's service was "degraded", according to the firms.