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

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

waxy.org /2023/07/twitter-bug-causes-self-ddos-possibly-causing-elon-musks-emergency-blocks-and-rate-limits-its-amateur-hour/

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

waxy.org /2023/07/twitter-bug-causes-self-ddos-possibly-causing-elon-musks-emergency-blocks-and-rate-limits-its-amateur-hour/

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