It now looks like yesterday's DDOS attack against Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal was targeting one specific user:

And indeed it was special. Facebook's chief of security Max Kelly, speaking to CNET noted "It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard...We're actively investigating the source of the attacks and we hope to be able to find out the individuals involved in the back end and to take action against them if we can."

The rest of us were collateral damage in a cyber fight that's related to territory that's disputed between Russia and Georgia. The scary thing is, I don't expect there to be less of this sort of thing in the future. The BBC reported on how easy it is to rent a botnet earlier this year.

People with access to money and an axe to grind are going to take a lesson from this attack, and it's not going to be one the rest of us are going to enjoy...

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