Dating Chat System "2t4u.com" Hacked

New York, NY, February 23, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Several thousand Users where unable to chat with each other.

Also the authorities are informed, till now it's not clear who is responsible for that attack.

Finally the System moved to a smaller and slower system to handle the traffic till the main system is back on track.

Synchronous, instant messaging has become popular with IRC-Clients in the early 90's, continuing with social platforms like Facebook or messaging clients like Skype.

The increasing popularity of mobile applications has given chat applications a big kick in the last months.

The hype around smartphones, especially the iPhone has multiplied the number of chat-applications in App stores like iTunes. At the moment, users can download 248 different chat applications in iTunes alone (standalone chats or social network applications where chat included). (Source: iTunes)

Search in iTunes for "Chat Single" and you will find the Application "Chat World", based on "2t4u.com" in the Top Ranking.

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