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Twitter down after ‘malicious’ cyber-attack: company (AFP)

August 6th, 2009 · No Comments

A file picture of the Twitter homepage. The wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter went offline after a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, the company said.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP – Hackers knocked wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter offline for several hours Thursday with a malicious cyber-attack on its systems, according to the company’s founder.

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