More attacks on Facebook, YouTube, adn Fotki

Massive attack on a Georgian blogger who goes by the name "Cyxymu" was identified per F-Secure.

The attack included at least these components:

• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Twitter account (http://twitter.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/cyxymu)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Livejournal account (http://www.livejournal.com/cyxymu and http://cyxymu1.livejournal.com)
• DDoS attack against Cyxymu's Fotki account (http://public.fotki.com/cyxymu/)
• An e-mail "Joe Job" campaign against Cyxymu

The effects of some of these attacks are still visible. For example, Livejournal and Facebook are still not accepting connections to Cyxymu's pages.

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