US: Massive cyber caused problems in the operation of large sites
Companies Internet giants such as Twitter, Spotify and eBay faced serious in the US today malfunctions after cyber accepted by a service provider.
For at least two hours, access to these sites, as well as on the websites of several media (CNN, New York Times, Boston Globe, Financial Times, The Guardian), but also to Reddit or Airbnb was impossible on the east coast of USA.
According to some informational websites, from this immense scale cyber attack, which may affect millions of users, and there were problems in the operation of Netflix network, HBO and payment service Paypal via Internet.
The attack began at around 14.10 local time and hired a denial of service attack dimensions (DDoS).
This kind of cyber attack makes a server unavailable as the overload of requests or exhausts literally their resources, often through a machine network "zombie" who have also been attacked by hackers and unwittingly used by their owners ( "botnet") .
Today target of hackers was Dyn company, which redistributes the Internet traffic translates the names of websites into IP addresses, communicated in a press release.
"Today, October 21 morning, the Dyn victim of a massive attack DDoS on of DNS infrastructure (Domain name system, Domain Name System, Countries or Territories) in the eastern US coast," said Scott Hilton, Executive Vice Dyn, in a press release sent to AFP.
The function was restored at 16.20 GMT, highlights the Dyn in a press release.
In communication with the AFP, sites Twitter and Airbnb confirmed the temporary problems of service access, noting that these problems were solved at noon.
According to the specialized site TechCrunch, the attack was focused on the US. Users in Europe and Asia do not seem to "have faced the same problems."
On a map published another specialized website in terms of technology, the DailyDot, it seems that was targeted by hackers mainly a large part of the northeastern United States, including New York and Washington.
Companies Internet giants such as Twitter, Spotify and eBay faced serious in the US today malfunctions after cyber accepted by a service provider.
For at least two hours, access to these sites, as well as on the websites of several media (CNN, New York Times, Boston Globe, Financial Times, The Guardian), but also to Reddit or Airbnb was impossible on the east coast of USA.
According to some informational websites, from this immense scale cyber attack, which may affect millions of users, and there were problems in the operation of Netflix network, HBO and payment service Paypal via Internet.
The attack began at around 14.10 local time and hired a denial of service attack dimensions (DDoS).
This kind of cyber attack makes a server unavailable as the overload of requests or exhausts literally their resources, often through a machine network "zombie" who have also been attacked by hackers and unwittingly used by their owners ( "botnet") .
Today target of hackers was Dyn company, which redistributes the Internet traffic translates the names of websites into IP addresses, communicated in a press release.
"Today, October 21 morning, the Dyn victim of a massive attack DDoS on of DNS infrastructure (Domain name system, Domain Name System, Countries or Territories) in the eastern US coast," said Scott Hilton, Executive Vice Dyn, in a press release sent to AFP.
The function was restored at 16.20 GMT, highlights the Dyn in a press release.
In communication with the AFP, sites Twitter and Airbnb confirmed the temporary problems of service access, noting that these problems were solved at noon.
According to the specialized site TechCrunch, the attack was focused on the US. Users in Europe and Asia do not seem to "have faced the same problems."
On a map published another specialized website in terms of technology, the DailyDot, it seems that was targeted by hackers mainly a large part of the northeastern United States, including New York and Washington.
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