Um ataque massivo DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) contra o sistema de DNS Dyn.com originou que diversos sites possam estar offline. A DYN.COM confirmou no twitter:
Os seguintes sites ainda possuem problemas:
- Twitter
- SoundCloud
- Spotify
- Netflix
- Reddit
- Disqus
- PayPal
- Basecamp
- Business Insider
- CNN
- Esty
- Github
- Guardian.co.uk
- Imgur
- HBO Now
- Pinterest
- Recode
- The Verge
- Wired and more
Poderá verificar o serviço de resolução de nomes com o seguinte commando Unix/ Linux:
$ host -t ns twitter.com
twitter.com name server ns2.p34.dynect.net.
twitter.com name server ns1.p34.dynect.net.
twitter.com name server ns4.p34.dynect.net.
twitter.com name server ns3.p34.dynect.net.
Fonte: the official announcement:
This attack is mainly impacting US East and is impacting Managed DNS customers in this region. Our Engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue. Services have been restored to normal as of 13:20 UTC on 21/Oct/2016. But, I’m still seeing problems.
This DDoS attack may also be impacting Dyn Managed DNS advanced services with possible delays in monitoring. Our Engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue. — Oct 21, 2016 – 16:48 UTC