irradiated@radiation.partyMB to TechNews@radiation.party · 2 years ago

[HN] Twitter bug causes self-DDoS, related to Musk’s emergency blocks, rate limits

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[HN] Twitter bug causes self-DDoS, related to Musk’s emergency blocks, rate limits

irradiated@radiation.partyMB to TechNews@radiation.party · 2 years ago

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Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits: "It's amateur hour" - Waxy.org

An "amateur hour" Javascript bug is self-DDOSing Twitter, sending infinite requests from users related to — or possibly even causing — Elon Musk's "temporary emergency measures" to stop web scraping.

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That’s funny. Cutting corners to save costs paying off at last.
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B-e-a-utiful