Georgian Blogger Blames Russia For Cyberattack That Hit Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal

***UPDATE - The Los Angeles Times is now reporting the same thing.***

The cyber attack that brought down Twitter for several hours Thursday was aimed at a single blogger located in the country of Georgia.

If you are a fan of Twitter (which I am not), then you were likely affected by the denial-of-service attack that affected the site. Now a blogger in Georgia is claiming that Russia is the cause of the attacks.

The Georgian blogger known as Cyxymu, who was yesterday the victim of a cyber assault that affected hundreds of millions of web users around the world, has blamed the attack on the Kremlin.

Speaking to the Guardian from an office in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, he said he believed the denial-of-service strike that hit LiveJournal, Facebook and Twitter stemmed from an attempt to silence his criticism over Russia's conduct in the war over the disputed South Ossetia region, which began a year ago today.

"Maybe it was carried out by ordinary hackers but I'm certain the order came from the Russian government," said the blogger...

Source: Guardian ; Los Angeles Times