Posted on 10/21/2016 1:03:22 PM PDT by ColdOne
A key part of the Internet's infrastructure was hit by a series of attacks Friday, causing major services such as Twitter, Spotify and Airbnb to be inaccessible for many users.
The attacks targeted Dyn, a company that helps people connect to websites, with a huge amount of traffic in an attempt to knock the service offline, according to Dyn's director of internet analysis, Doug Madory.
The first digital assault appears to have started around 7:10 a.m. Eastern, and Dyn said it was resolved at roughly 9:20 a.m. A second attack began around 11:50 a.m., according to the company.
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To silence Julian Assange?
Hillary is coordinating with the Russians to attack the infrastructure so that she can blame on Trump’s friendship with Putin in the next debate.
Netscape and Twitter were working fine for me in the Los Angeles region around an hour ago.
Biden declared cyberwar on Russia last week. This could be a retaliation or a first strike. All because Hillary can’t manage her e-mails.
I don’t know if it’s related, but I can’t get to DISQUS, a major app used for posting comments to websites.
I guess sometimes a /sarc tag really is necessary.
“Netscape and Twitter were working fine for me in the Los Angeles region around an hour ago.”
Is Julian now safely in jail?
LOL
I don’t know.
Did they remove the AOL jump word for “Internet” ? I can’t get anything to work ...
“LOL
I don’t know.”
I do not know either. Just speculation on my part.
James O’Keefe was set to drop a big one, DEMS don’t want it to happen. Hear he is on the run, may have had an attempt on his life. He shouldn’t have announced it, he’ll end up like Breibart!
Anyone hear that mass number of police were around the embassy?
I am unable to access Twitter right now via land line (Verizon) or wireless (AT&T) in Riverside county.
My son who is a pretty savvy when it comes to computers told me that the USA has superior computer technology advantages over all other countries and the ability to shut down the internet if they so desired. This definitely has to do with the Wikileaks!! Most definitely!! They’re marching orders have been given..take out Assange, O’keefe and trump!! This is so freaking suspicious! !
Not working in upstate NY. We get the script but no video or pics.
What is your source for O’Keefe being on the run?
Just read that the west coast us under attack now. Your issue is probably related.
OMG! I forgot about that!! DRUDGE HAD IT FOR QUITE SOMETIMES AS HIS BREAKING NEWS HEADLINE!! You are absolutely right!!
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