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Level 3 Internet outage chart from DownDetector.
MANCHESTER, NH A global disruption in service targeting Manchester-based tech company Dyn s infrastructure1 is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as a second wave of attacks just before noon further crippled many popular websites. The initial attack, reported just after 7 a.m. EST, primarily affected service along the U.S. East Coast, and shut down half the Internet, according to tech publication Gizmodo2. A secondary attack was discovered at about 11: 52 a.m., this time resulting in massive outages on the West Coast and parts of Europe. It s not yet clear whether the two attacks are related.
Wall Street Journal posted Friday afternoon that the source of the denial-of-service or DDoS on Dyn s domain name system was not yet known, but that Homeland Security was looking into all potential causes. CNBC is reporting that U.S. intelligence officials have ruled out North Korea as a suspect.
A DDoS attack is when a web service is deliberately overwhelmed by traffic from many sources in order to deter legitimate traffic, a recognized method for digital assaults. Dyn said the attack may also impact Dyn Managed DNS advanced services with possible delays in monitoring. Among the known site disruptions: Twitter, Tumblr, Spotify, Reddit, Amazon, and cloud service provider Heroku, which were rendered unreachable in many cases by end users.
Below is a list of many affected sites based on Gizmodo reader feedback3:
- ActBlue
- Basecamp
- Big cartel
- Box
- Business Insider
- CNN
- Cleveland.com
- Etsy
- Github
- Grubhub
- Guardian.co.uk
- HBO Now
- Iheart.com (iHeartRadio)
- Imgur
- Intercom
- Intercom.com
- Okta
- PayPal
- People.com
- Playstation Network
- Recode
- Spotify
- Squarespace Customer Sites
- Starbucks rewards/gift cards
- Storify.com
- The Verge
- Twillo
- Urbandictionary.com (lol)
- Weebly
- Wired.com
- Wix Customer Sites
- Yammer
- Yelp
- Zendesk.com
- Zoho CRM
- Credit Karma
- Eventbrite
- Netflix
- NHL.com
- Fox News
- Disqus
- Shopify
- Soundcloud
- Atom.io
- Ancersty.com
- ConstantContact
- Indeed.com
- New York Times
- Weather.com
- Mashable
- WSJ.com
- time.com
- xbox.com
- dailynews.com
- Wikia
- donorschoose.org
- Wufoo.com
- Genonebiology.com
- BBC
- Elder Scrolls Online
- Eve Online
- PagerDuty
- Kayak
- youneedabudget.com
- Speed Test
- Freshbooks
- Braintree
- Blue Host
- Qualtrics
- SBNation
- Salsify.com
- Zillow.com
- nimbleschedule.com
References
- ^ targeting Manchester-based tech company Dyn s infrastructure (manchesterinklink.com)
- ^ Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)
- ^ Gizmodo reader feedback (gizmodo.com)