[LINK] "LiveJournal Confirms DDoS Attack After Twitter Hit"

[rfmcdonald]

So this is why I couldn't get onto Livejournal for most of today.

LiveJournal is the latest social networking site to confirm a denial-of-service attack, company officials confirmed Thursday.

LiveJournal was hit with the DDoS attack at approximately 6 AM Pacific time, a spokesman said in an e-mail. The company cannot 100 percent confirm that it is the same attack that plagued Twitter this morning, but "it would be a huge coincidence if they aren't tied to one another," he said.

Things are now back to normal on LiveJournal.com, the spokesman said.