Major US East Coast hack

originally posted by: Phage
Heh.
From DYN:

Business Benefits of Managed DNS for Hosting

Maintain availability in the face of DNS-based DDoS attacks

dyn.com...

I see why only one 'heh'.
It is funny.
But it isn't funny.

originally posted by: Phage
Heh.
From DYN:

Business Benefits of Managed DNS for Hosting

Maintain availability in the face of DNS-based DDoS attacks

dyn.com...

Unless, of course, it is we who are attacked.

Isn't irony great.

I can't access many of these sites through the my home wifi(Comcast) but have no problems when on my lte data (tmobile)..

originally posted by: misfit312
I can't access many of these sites through the my home wifi(Comcast) but have no problems when on my lte data (tmobile)..

No kidding, wow. I just tried on my phone and connected with twitter, but can't connect through my station at work.

a reply to: butcherguy

I had seen on reddit someone said that the sites themselves were not down but, access to them was being blocked.

They said to use Tor,Open Dns, or try another connection...

So I tried my data and boom no problems..

Twitter is back for me using a desktop.

I don't know how to do a screenshot on Windows 10. Twitter is working for me now, and this is on WikiLeaks. I don't know whether this should be believed, or not. The tweet says that Julian is alive.

wow, the battle is going for a long time now.
It does not look like Dyn is winning so far.

Dyn Status Updates

Update - Our engineers continue to investigate and mitigate several attacks aimed against the Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure.
Oct 21, 21:37 UTC
Update - Our engineers are continuing to investigate and mitigate several attacks aimed against the Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure.
Oct 21, 21:30 UTC
Update - At this time, the advanced service monitoring issue has been resolved. Our engineers are still investigating and mitigating the attacks on our infrastructure.
Oct 21, 18:52 UTC
Update - Dyn Managed DNS advanced service monitoring is currently experiencing issues. Customers may notice incorrect probe alerts on their advanced DNS services. Our engineers continue to monitor and investigate the issue.

Customers with questions or concerns are encouraged to reach out to our Technical Support Team.
Oct 21, 18:23 UTC
Update - Our engineers continue to investigate and mitigate several attacks aimed against the Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure.
Oct 21, 17:53 UTC

Is it possible that what the internet outage is could be a little payback from wikileaks supporters?

Sorry I can't do a screen shot only a copy/paste, but these are wikileaks recent tweets....

WikiLeaks Verified account ‏@wikileaks Mr. Assange is still alive and WikiLeaks is still publishing. We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point.

wikileaks The Obama administration should not have attempted to misuse its instruments of state to stop criticism of its ruling party candidate.

For what it is worth

a reply to: roadgravel

Why would the supporters of Wikileaks try to take down the internet? It makes no sense.

Seems odd other than being upset over JA.

Why would WL say this? Just a guess or do they know something.

a reply to: roadgravel

Also as a Marketing & SEO guy, why not use this thing that millions will be searching for as a means to garner more publicity over something you want as many heads to look at as possible?

It's on par with Trumps use of media / events.

originally posted by: roadgravel
Seems odd other than being upset over JA.

Why would WL say this? Just a guess or do they know something.

Maybe WikiLeaks didn't say it.
Maybe?

a reply to: Shuye

prove a point

you cant have a completely corrupt world
leave our cheerleader alone....?

a reply to: Shuye

a reply to: Shuye

dp

sorry mods
computer went mad

a reply to: Shuye

Everyone that I have talked to was able to get on-line using a phone. The hit was on the infastructure for doing major business. The MSM sights were down in most areas. Perhaps this is a signal to the west, a small taste of what could happen if we see too much censoring, or seeing too much weight thrown around in order to silence the truth. I'd like to think that all those hackers and truth seekers out there have all of our backs.

Hows the internet for everyone out there?