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Twitter Disrupted by DDoS Attack

26

Oct

2016

Twitter, GitHub and several other major websites are inaccessible for many users due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Managed DNS infrastructure of cloud-based Internet performance management company Dyn.

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DDoS knocks down DNS, data centers across the U.S. affected

24

Oct

2016

On Friday morning, organizations across the internet – including GitHub, Twitter, Spotify, SoundCloud, Reddit, and the New York Times – disappeared after an attack was launched against Dyn Inc., an infrastructure provider that offers managed DNS services. The attack started early Friday morning and has lasted well into the afternoon. At the time this article […]

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Mirai IoT Botnet Wasn’t Alone in Massive DDoS Attack: Akamai

07

Oct

2016

Akamai this week shared additional details on the massive 665 gigabit per second (Gbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targeted Brian Krebs’ website. While Akamai confirmed that the Mirai botnet was part the attack, the company also said that Mirai was only “a major participant in the attack” and that at least one other […]

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