A massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against DynDNS is causing havoc online, with many major websites reportedly unavailable. According to Dyn DNS, the attack started at 11:10 UTC, and it targeted its managed DNS service.
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a tool used to resolve human-readable web addresses (like âthenextweb.comâ) against IP addresses.
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Many sites and services use DynDNS as their upstream DNS provider, including Github, Twitter, SaneBox, Reddit, AirBnB, and Heroku. All of these are reportedly experiencing outages and downtime, either partially or totally.
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Itâs not immediately obvious who is behind this DDoS attack. However, the fact that the attackers were able to disrupt the DNS provider used by some of the most popular websites tells a lot about their abilities.
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Update [09:13 ET]: This outage is mostly affecting users in the East Coast of the US, as illustrated by this heat map from Level3.
Update [09:17 ET]: Scott Hilton, EVP, Products at Dyn has issued a statement:
This morning, October 21, Dyn received a global DDoS attack on our Managed DNS infrastructure in the east coast of the United States. DNS traffic resolved from east coast name server locations are experiencing a service degradation or intermittent interruption during this time. Updates will be posted as information becomes available.
Upon recognition, active mitigation protocols were initiated and have been working to resolve the issues.
Customers with questions or concerns are encouraged to check our status page for updates and reach out to our Technical Support Team.
DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS on Dyn DNS
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