Twacker

Twacker: The rather obvious portmanteau of Twitter and hacker. A person or persons responsible for the (malicious) shutdown of social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and other internet websites.

See also: Twither and Twusher or Twiorger.

References: Another attack downs Twitter, briefly this time, Web attack blogger blames Russia, Twitter outage clamps tweets, cause 'unknown', Statement from Twitter on denial of service attack, Twacker, Twither, Attacks on single blogger knocked out Twitter , Twitter hack gets everyone's attention and Denial-of-Service Attack.

Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2009






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Twusher or Twiorger

Twusher / Twiorger: The rather unfortunate collision between Twitter and Russia or Georgia. (1) The attempt to shut down pro-Georgian tweets in retaliation over the conflict earlier last year. (2) The (malicious) shut-down of any social networking service, internet service, website or other digital media in retaliation for politically-charged postings.

References: Web attack blogger blames Russia, Twitter outage clamps tweets, cause 'unknown', Statement from Twitter on denial of service attack, Twacker, Twither, Attacks on single blogger knocked out Twitter , Twitter hack gets everyone's attention and Denial-of-Service Attack.



Revised / Updated: Sunday, August 9, 2009








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Twither

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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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