Facebook has confirmed to Wired.com that — like Twitter — it was the victim of a denial-of-service attack Thursday morning.
The service has been working just fine for me, but I contacted the Facebook press office to ask whether the rumors of an attack were true.
"Earlier this morning, Facebook encountered network issues related to an apparent distributed denial-of-service attack, that resulted in degraded service for some users," responded Facebook spokeswoman Kathleen Loughlin via e-mail.
"No user data was at risk and we have restored full access to the site for most users," she added. " We’re continuing to monitor the situation to ensure that users have the fast and reliable experience they’ve come to expect from Facebook."
If Facebook was attacked by the same party or parties who drove Twitter offline today, as seems likely, it means two things: First, Facebook is more resilient to denial-of-service attacks than Twitter is; and second, someone -- or something -- really wants both Facebook and Twitter offline today.
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