Twitter is Under Attack!

Update 08/12/09: It appears that the DoS attack was targeting 1 user, @Cyxymu. He suggests that it was Government censorship... Read more on C-Net's site. Link Here.

Update 11:55am ET: Twitter is back up for me via web and Sprint Mobile. C-Net Article alludes to a possible connection between several recent DoS Attacks and the annual Defcon hacker convention. Link Here.

Update 11:45am ET: A BNET blog basically mirror's my suspicions of a link between Twitter's DoS Attack and Facebook. Link Here.

Update 11:15am ET: Twitter's status says site is back up, but still defending against  attack. As of now, I am still unable to access Twitter.

At about 8 o'clock this morning I had access to Twitter. Then around 9 I was receiving a page load error. A few minutes ago I checked Twitter's Status Blog where it said it was defending against a Denial-of-Service Attack. This acording to Wikipedia is "an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users."

Recent Twitter Blog Post

Although I do not have any confirmation, I am also having issues with Facebook. At this time I continue to receive errors and lagging when trying to post Status Updates and Links to my Wall. If there is any link to the Attack on Twitter, I will let you know and update with more information about the DoS Attack.