Credit: mashable.com

The big news on the social web this week was Twitter getting “hacked” by the “Iranian Cyber Army” Thursday night.

As @mashable breathlessly reported:

“We’re still in shock over what has just transpired. Twitter was just hacked. A group claiming to be the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ took over Twitter and stuck its own text, logos and images on the site.”

When the service did come back up, #whentwitterwasdown instantly became a trending topic …

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