DDoS Attack Against DynDNS Spurs Outages, Latency for Major US Websites
A suspected distributed denial of service attack against DynDNS early Friday resulted in outages or latency for many websites that use the service. The attacks primarily affected users on the East Coast. Dyn confirmed that a DDoS attack against its…
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servers began at 7:10 a.m. EDT, with service restored by 9:20 a.m. Dyn said it subsequently began “monitoring and mitigating” a new DDoS attack by mid-day. Amazon Web Services said it began experiencing outages and latency at 7:31 a.m. EDT, but operations returned to normal by 9:10 a.m. GitHub was “one of the sites affected” by the DDoS attack, a spokeswoman said. Airbnb, Etsy, Netflix, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tumblr and Twitter were among the other sites experiencing outages or connectivity issues. Sony said some of its PlayStation services were still “experiencing issues” at our deadline. Dyn didn't confirm the size or origin of the DDoS attacks. The Department of Homeland Security is “investigating all potential causes” of the attacks, a spokeswoman said.