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Twitter Warns of Suspicious Traffic Coming From China and Russia (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the stranger-things dept.

Suspicious traffic to a Twitter user forum appears to be part of a government-backed activity coming from China and Russia, a Twitter spokesman told Reuters Monday. The company said it is yet to determine the reason for the activity, but is choosing to notify users out of an abundance of caution.

Additionally: Twitter bug leaks phone number country codes.

3 of 72 comments (clear)

  1. Ever notice they never bothered with Google+ by jfdavis668 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe we should all switch.

  2. Re:Twitter is lies by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't get the Soros complaint angle. So plutocrats with deep pockets to spend on political causes are bad? Wouldn't that make Koch's bad? Or are you cherry-picking your plutocrats?

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  3. correction in linked reuters story by sittingnut · · Score: 4, Informative

    "(This story corrects to show Twitter saying suspicious traffic appears to be coming from China and Saudi Arabia, not China and Russia) "

    seems reuters (and /.) has too much russia on its mind and sees russia everywhere.