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DDoS attack on Dyn affects millions of users

By - Mechele
21.10.16 10:32 PM

A Distributed Denial of Service attack on DNS hosting company Dyn suspended service for several hours today.  The attack affected major sites such as Twitter, Amazon, NetFlix and Zoho and many others.  Sources are reporting 3 separate waves of attacks, the most recent one beginning around 4:30PM EDT.  Dyn says it's a very smart attack and with each new wave they are working to mitigate the effects.


Read more on these sites:

Gizmodo.com

USAToday.com

TheVerge.com