Computer Forensics Finds Twitter Plays Key Role in Cyber Attacks on Iranian Government
University of Alabama at BirminghamUsers of the popular networking site Twitter could be the unwitting participants in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) computer attacks that are rendering Iranian government Web sites inaccessible to users, said Gary Warner, Director of Research in Computer Forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Warner said U.S. law punishes participants in DDOS attacks with up to one year in prison and fines that can range into the thousands of dollars.