MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Hackers' coordinated 'attacks' leave major websites inaccessible in the US
Major websites were inaccessible to people across wide swaths of the United States on Friday after a company that manages crucial parts of the internet’s infrastructure said it was under attack. Users reported sporadic problems reaching several websites, including Twitter, Netfix, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud and The New York Times. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAssange might want us to believe he is behind this - IF he could tweet a message out, that is.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 06:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Technically, a DDos isn't 'hacking' - the code is easily available to download - but no less annoying for all that. The fact they attacked a DNS server is cause for concern.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse +1Not mentioned in the article, one has to questioned whether these are state-sponsored attacks by Russia or China.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 04:46 pm - Link - Report abuse +2With world tensions ratcheting up, surely the ability to cripple the US Internet has dire implications.
I'm sure it's not unforeseen however.
This incident has its parallel with the Russian fleet sailing down the English Channel.
We have entered the age of Cyber wars.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Replete with states attacking states and independent “ideological groups” attacking anyone they fancy.
How long before a “Cyber Attack” is considered an act of war.
Interesting thought
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 06:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ Heisenbergcontext
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Arguably the devices used to carry out the attack - the baby monitors etc - were hacked in order to use them for the DDoS.
@ Kanye
Or North Korea. Carrying out a cyber attack does not require a large budget or many people and they are also easily deniable, so they must appeal to smaller, weaker states.
Twitter, Netfix, and The New York Times.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse +3these I've heard of,
but these
Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud
not, am I missing out on these, lol
truthfully guys I was under the impression that it was the Chinese,
And the USA and Britain has now given more money to counter act these attacks.
You're not missing much.
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 09:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Only Reddit might be a loss - it's non-mainstream, non-establishment social commentary.
@ Kanye
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 09:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +3“Only Reddit might be a loss - it's non-mainstream, non-establishment social commentary.”
Heh, among other things.
You're not a fan of music or travel or crafts then?
You're not suggesting commercial content and entertainment programing are more critical than communication and political discussion, are you?
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 10:48 pm - Link - Report abuse -3Reddit is much more than that!
Oct 23rd, 2016 - 11:06 pm - Link - Report abuse -2https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit
Indispensable !!
I can't listen to this.
Oct 24th, 2016 - 02:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Indispensable”, yeah right!
Like these front page items,
https://m.reddit.com/?utm_source=mweb_redirect&compact=false
I am waiting for that well known internet security advisor and her boyfriend to advise us all.
Oct 24th, 2016 - 12:20 pm - Link - Report abuse -1:o)
The Ministry of Digital Diplomacy, Development, and Defense is being mulled here in Mendoza. It would be the world's first government to have a completely dedicated ministry for anything virtual: diplomacy (how to position Mendoza in the online world), development (how to attract online investment to Mendoza, also develop the online world here), and Defense (for things like this).
Oct 27th, 2016 - 11:30 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Commenting for this story is now closed.
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