DEVELOPING: Major Cyber-Attack Brings Down Sites Across Globe

Oct 21, 2016

DEVELOPING: Major Cyber-Attack Brings Down Sites Across Globe

Oct 21, 2016

Sites across the internet had problems on Friday morning following a cyberattack on a major internet management company. Dyn announced on Friday morning that it has been the subject of a cyberattack that then caused major problems for numerous websites. People have reported issues with Twitter, Spotify, SoundCloud, Vox Media sites, Airbnb and numerous other sites.

The attack was resolved as of 9:20 a.m. EST, Dyn said. Writing on its website, Dyn said that starting at about 7:00 a.m. EST, the company “began monitoring and mitigating a DDoS attack against our Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure. Some customers may experience increased DNS query latency and delayed zone propagation during this time. Updates will be posted as information becomes available.” FULL REPORT


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