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Posted by: getbusylivin ( )
Date: October 21, 2016 10:05AM
O/T: Your internet constipated this a.m.? You're not alone.

Multiple outlets are reporting a large "denial of service" attack on Dyn, a major DNS host. It's affecting a large % of the internet.

I can't get some sites to load--a bunch of ad scripts keep forever running. Other sites seem fine.

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Posted by: ificouldhietokolob ( )
Date: October 21, 2016 10:18AM
Re: O/T: Your internet constipated this a.m.? You're not alone.

No constipation here. But I did see the news story.
Gotta be them ruskies again...:)

http://gizmodo.com/this-is-probably-why-half-the-internet-shut-down-today-1788062835



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/2016 10:21AM by ificouldhietokolob.

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Posted by: ificouldhietokolob ( )
Date: October 21, 2016 11:25AM
Re: O/T: Your internet constipated this a.m.? You're not alone.

Update: everything normal (supposedly):

https://www.dynstatus.com/incidents/nlr4yrr162t8

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Posted by: Amyjo ( )
Date: October 21, 2016 05:53PM
Re: O/T: Your internet constipated this a.m.? You're not alone.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/dyn-warns-third-cyberattack-underway-after-services-shut-down-n670926

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