Twitter users wake up to the “Fail Whale”

Twitter users hoping to get their fix over breakfast discovered the site was down-and as of 7:15am Eastern. Anyone trying to access the site gets what many users dub “the Fail Whale” a page announcing “Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again.” All third party apps using the Twitter API seem to be down as well. I tried Tweetdeck on my desktop and UberTwitter on my BlackBerry and both failed to connect. It’s not clear what the problem is and since Twitter HQ is located on the West Coast, where it is still the middle of the night, it may be awhile before anyone knows. Some are speculating it might be another DDoS attack like the one that brought the site down a few months ago, courtesy of a group upset with a Georgian blogger and his outspoken views about the country’s conflicts with Russia. Stay tuned to Gadgetell for the latest!