Dyn cyber attack wrecks havoc on Twitter, Spotify and other popular websites

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screen-shot-2016-10-21-at-9-33-03-amMANCHESTER, NH – A global attack on Domain Name System provider Manchester-based Dyn, which oversees several top Internet sites and services went down Friday morning right now for many users, including Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify and Shopify. The cause is due to an outage of DNS provider, Manchester-based Dyn, as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

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.

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Longtime NH journalist and publisher of ManchesterInkLink.com. Loves R&B, German beer, and the Queen City!