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		alex_c on Dec 18, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter down; hacked by "Iranian cyber army"? Reddit comment suggesting it was a DNS hack: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ag0gn/twitter_ha...

tlrobinson on Dec 18, 2009 [–]

Official Twitter blog confirming it was a DNS hack: http://status.twitter.com/post/288586541/working-on-site-out...

Of course, if their DNS was compromised, status.twitter.com could be compromised too...

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