The internet is down in large parts of the US
The internet is down across large parts of the US today, with the East Coast in particular being badly affected, and many are unable to access major websites like Twitter or Reddit – no word yet on whether they can access Morning Wire
The problems are said to be connected to DNS (Domain Name Servers) hosts.
Major DNS host Dyn said it was aware of problems with its service: "Starting at 11:10 UTC on 21 October 2016 we began monitoring and mitigating a DDoS attack against our Dyn Managed DNS infrastructure.
"Some customers may experience increased DNS query latency and delayed zone propagation during this time. Updates will be posted as information becomes available."
Dyn then added: "This attack is mainly impacting US East and is impacting managed DNS customer in this region. Our engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue."
https://twitter.com/Dyn/status/789444349998268416
Websites that are having problems include Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, PayPal, Pinterest and Starbucks' rewards website.
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Meanwhile, those who could access Twitter were able to see the funny side.
https://twitter.com/andersen/status/789460007771336704
Trump Plan D: have the Russians Take down half the internet so nobody can see what he said last night.
— Neil Wehrle (@neilw) October 21, 2016