The main websites have that been targeted ( which can be considered as a massive attack) are Google, Facebook, Twitter.  Twitter had been pushed offline for more than two hours. Google is now making serious investigations about the attack. The Gmail and the video sites are also targeted but the news is  not yet confirmed.

 Now  top firms have joined hands to investigate this attack. According to sources, the attack has been targeted against a single user to keep him down.  It makes the server to flood the data and try to disable it. It is done to disrupt the routine activities such as online banking and online payments. It may also  restrict the users to access the sites for several hours. The hackers use Botnet which is usually a network of computers.

 They added Snippets of IFRAME code to the large number of Italian sites with the use of malware kit named MPACK. It is a useless thing to do like this. It is found that Cyxymus web pages have various links which is known as Joe Job. Every affected site is keen on saving the users’ data. The Twitter is seriously targeted. Twitter reached a top level with millions of users accessing it from worldwide.

 It has been compared with Facebook which have 250 million users. The site played a vital role in Iranian presidential election in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won. Many thought that it was because of the site the opposition leader lost the race. It may also lead to such massive attacks. It would be responsible for the top firms to ensure that the users don’t get affected with these attacks.