http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-09-22/melbourne-schoolboy-sparked-twitter-meltdown/2270936
Melbourne schoolboy sparked Twitter meltdown
A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed.
Pearce Delphin, whose Twitter name is @zzap, admitted exposing a security flaw which was then pounced upon by hackers
"Hopefully I won't get in trouble," he added.