i posted this earlier on my
InsaneJournal, but since no one even remembers i have an IJ, or remembers to check anything other than LJ....
seriously??
LiveJournal under DDoS attack right now (and "now" means when the article was posted at 07:19 GMT.)“I think some LiveJournal users will now move to other social platforms until Livejournal is restored. We should wait for several days to understand the situation,” information security expert and LiveJournal user Samvel Martirosyan commented to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
turns out, it's political - in Russia:
Russian bloggers accuse authorities of cyberwarRussian blog site under attack ~ "LiveJournal, Russia's blogging platform of choice, is sustaining biggest cyberattack attack in its history. Bloggers say the Kremlin wants to crack down on political discussion."
Russian bloggers accuse authorities of cyberwarand of course, American LJ users just get caught up in this, and can do nothing but ride out the storm.
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