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API is down, as well. Looks like this isn't just the front page/web layer. Twitter need to really step up: I can't imagine this is something that couldn't have

by andreyf 17y ago

API is down, as well. Looks like this isn't just the front page/web layer. Twitter need to really step up: I can't imagine this is something that couldn't have been prevented by paying for some security analysis. Considering their total $155M of funding, I'm shocked this wasn't done. Between their continuing difficulty scaling, their private documents leak, and now this, twitter really needs to get their act together.

spicyj 17y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if Twitter intentionally disconnected their servers after discovering the defacement, rather than the hackers having actually gained access to the whole API layer.
- seldo 17y ago
  Yeah, if I found my boxes had been so totally owned that they could serve arbitrary content I'd take everything down to protect customers, at least in the very short term. Poor Twitter ops; I'm sure they're having a great evening.
  - mhartl 17y ago
    I'm pretty sure you meant "had been so totally pwned". This is the most serious, total pwnage I've ever seen on the tubes.
- blantonl 17y ago
  Exactly, in a case like this I'd be pulling Ethernet cables and decomposing the issue without the rest of the Internet seeing the carnage. Regardless, this is bad.
  - pmorici 17y ago
    I don't know how many servers twitter has but common sense dictates it's more than would be practical to pull Ethernet cables from in any reasonable amount of time.
    - drusenko 17y ago
      Yank the fiber? That'll do it ;)
oscardelben 17y ago
Let's wait to see what happened first (if they'll tell us)