Dyn cyber attack wrecks havoc on Twitter, Spotify and other popular websites
Dyn is working to correct a widespread cyber attack that has blocked users from several top Internet sites, including Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify and Shopify.
The outage was confirmed by Scott Hilton, EVP, Products at Dyn, who provided the following statement to Manchester Ink Link:
“This morning, October 21, Dyn received a global distributed denial-of-service (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.“
