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| No, It’s Not Just You. The Internet Is (Still) Having Problems. | No, It’s Not Just You. The Internet Is (Still) Having Problems. |
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| Major websites were temporarily inaccessible to many users in the United States on Friday, after a major domain host reported two large distributed-denial-of-service attacks on its servers. | Major websites were temporarily inaccessible to many users in the United States on Friday, after a major domain host reported two large distributed-denial-of-service attacks on its servers. |
| Though the initial problems appeared to be resolved in just over two hours, they had resumed by the afternoon. | Though the initial problems appeared to be resolved in just over two hours, they had resumed by the afternoon. |
| Users initially reported problems with Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud, The New York Times and others. | Users initially reported problems with Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud, The New York Times and others. |
| Dyn, a domain name system host that monitors and reroutes internet traffic, said it began experiencing an attack just after 7 a.m. Friday that affected mostly users on the East Coast. Around 9:30 a.m., it said in a statement that service had been “restored to normal.” | Dyn, a domain name system host that monitors and reroutes internet traffic, said it began experiencing an attack just after 7 a.m. Friday that affected mostly users on the East Coast. Around 9:30 a.m., it said in a statement that service had been “restored to normal.” |
| Just after noon, however, Dyn announced that it was again experiencing an attack, and, once again, users of sites including Twitter and Spotify reported more problems. The new outage appeared to affect West Coast cities like Los Angeles, as well. | |
| “Our engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue,” Dyn said in a statement on its site. | “Our engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue,” Dyn said in a statement on its site. |