Less than 2 weeks ago, the DDoS attacks caused major sites, namely Twitter, Livejournal and Facebook to experience downtime. The motive behind the DDoS attacks is no other than to shut the mouth of a Georgian blogger, Cyxymu whose blog includes content such as how Russia was preparing military aggression against Georgia and how they were training soldiers. Google leading by example, spearheaded the DDoS crackdown, much relief to Twitter and its addicts. Just hours ago, Rick Klau, Product Manager of Blogger promoted Google as an advocate of Freedom of Speech with ...
Cyxymu is “George” from Tbilisi

byWillis WeeinUncategorized
CNN has made the first move towards understanding why Cyxymu (his Twitter username) was the target of the recent DDoS attack on major sites like Livejournal, Twitter and Facebook. Cyxymu has identified himself as George, a 34 year old residing in Tbilisi, Georgia. George told CNN that his Livejournal blog posts might have "irritated" someone enough to incite a DDoS attack. His recent posts include: "How Russia was preparing military agression (sic) against Georgia, how they were training soldiers and mobilizing military equipment, what kind of provocations were carried out by the ...
DDoS Attacks to Silence Cyxymu?

bySarah ChonginUncategorized
The earlier speculation of the cause of the social media chaos has been confirmed. The attacks were all to silence one Georgian blogger with the username, Cyxymu (the name of a town in the Republic of Georgia) across all the sites that were attacked. Social Media has been pulled into the Georgia-Russia crisis to prevent the blogger from being heard. Facebook’s chief security officer Max Kelly told CNET News: “It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard. We’re actively investigating the ...
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