Friday, October 21, 2016 6:58 PM EDT |
| Major websites were inaccessible to people across wide swaths of the United States on Friday after a company that manages crucial parts of the internet’s infrastructure said it was under attack. |
| Users reported sporadic problems reaching several websites, including Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud and The New York Times. |
| Dyn, whose servers monitor and reroute internet traffic, said it began experiencing what security experts called a distributed denial-of-service attack just after 7 a.m. Reports that many sites were inaccessible started on the East Coast, but spread westward as the day wore on. |
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Saturday, October 22, 2016
Hackers used web-connected devices like cameras to stage attacks that are disrupting sites like Twitter across the U.S.
Hackers used web-connected devices like cameras to stage attacks that are disrupting sites like Twitter across the U.S.
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