Twither: The unfortunate portmanteau of Twitter and wither. (1) The virtual shutdown of Twitter, Facebook, Google etc. via Denial-of-Service Attack. (2) The (malicious) shutdown of any internet service, website, social networking site and so on via Denial-of-Service Attack for political or any other reasons.
See also: Twusher or Twiorger and Twacker.
References: Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this time, Twitter outage clamps tweets, cause 'unknown', Statement from Twitter on denial of service attack, Attacks on single blogger knocked out Twitter , Twitter hack gets everyone's attention and Denial-of-Service Attack.
Revised / Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2009. Sunday, August 9, 2009. Wednesday, August 12, 2009.
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