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"Apparently, we\u2019re not out of the woods just yet.  While Twitter itself has been working reliably for most of the day, some third-party applications remain impacted by measures the company has taken to defend against DDoS attacks.  \nUberTwitter, the most popular Twitter client for BlackBerry, seems to have been particularly hard hit by the outage, as users complaining about its unavailability have kept it a trending topic for most of the day (it\u2019s not working for me either).  As we head into the weekend, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has posted another update about the current status of the service.  On the Twitter blog, Stone writes:\n\u201CIn the past 24 hours, we've been contending with a variety of attacks that continue to change in nature and intensity. We're working to restore access to apps built on the Twitter platform that were affected by defensive measures\u2014there was some overcompensation on our part as we tune our system to deal with this scale of attack.\u201D\nRegarding reports that the attack is related to the Russia-Georga political conflict, Stone writes that the attacks \u201Cappear to have been geopolitical in motivation. However, we don't feel it's appropriate to engage in speculative discussion about these motivations.\u201D\nSo, hold onto your hats folks, and if you\u2019re currently experiencing Twitter issues, head over to our earlier post and let us know what you\u2019re doing during the downtime."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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