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Yikes. That's a pretty large scale DDoS attack. Twitter, Reddit and Disqus are all still unreachable for me.
Cyber attack Knocks Out Access to Websites
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"Blame the Internet of Things for today's web blackout"
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/21/...ternet-outage/
A possible positive from this whole thing could be the addition of better security on IoT devices.
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Hackers targeted "dyn", a New Hampshire based company responsible for routing internet traffic.
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I mean, think about it, an important part of the net, whose job is(from their site):
gets DDoS's and kills half of the net in the states!Internet Performance Management (IPM)THE PLATFORM: Mission control for all things Internet performanceExplore Platform
DNS & TRAFFIC STEERING
MONITORING & INSIGHTS
IPM SOLUTIONS:
Pornhub, got DDOS'd and and survived unscathed, yes Pornhub:
What Is DNS and Why Does It Make the Internet Break?In the case of DNS infrastructure, however, many point out that the best way for a website to avoid getting brought down by an attack on one host is simply to subscribe to multiple hosts. This is called DNS redundancy, and its probably the reason that some sites (like Pornhub) survived the attack unscathed.
And Dyn whose specialty is to protect against this stuff get'S nuked?
C'mon Dyn, pull you servers out of your DNS's
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Guess my area was lucky, radio couple of hours ago reported it was mostly the Eastern part of the USA.
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InformationOne piece of advice, if anyone is still having a problem, now the attack is over, still connecting, try flushing your DNS:
- Right click on the start menu and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
- Type in the command: ipconfig /flushdns
This will clear out any bad DNS requests or false IP addresses that your system has saved, and Windows can then request new ones.
Cyber attack Knocks Out Access to Websites
Posted: 21 Oct 2016
Cyber attack Knocks Out Access to Websites
So-called denial-of-service attacks can knock sites offline by flooding them with junk data, blocking the way for legitimate users
Several websites including Twitter and Tumblr were unreachable during an extended period for many U.S. internet users Friday following repeated online attacks.
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