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October 21, 2016 06:00 pm

Several Sites Including Twitter, Spotify, PayPal, NYTimes Suffering Outage -- Dyn DNS Under DDoS Attack [Update]

Several popular websites and services are down right now for many users. The affected sites include Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, and PayPal among others. The cause appears to be a sweeping outage of DNS provider Dyn -- which in turn is under DDoS attack, according to an official blog post.From a TechCrunch report: Other sites experiencing issues include Box, Boston Globe, New York Times, Github, Airbnb, Reddit, Freshbooks, Heroku and Vox Media properties. Users accessing these sites might have more or less success depending on where they're located, as some European and Asian users seem not to be encountering these issues.Last month, Bruce Schneier warned that someone was learning how to take down the internet. Update: 10/21 14:41 GMT by M :Dyn says that it has resolved the issue and sites should function normally.Update: 10/21 17:04 GMT by M :Department of Homeland Security says it is aware of the first DDoS attack on Dyn today and "investigating all potential causes." Dyn says it is still under DDoS attack. News outlet The Next Web says it is also facing issues. Any website that uses Dyn's service -- directly or indirectly -- is facing the issue. Motherboard has more details.Update: 10/21 17:57 GMT by M :It seems even PlayStation Network is also hit. EA Sports Games said it is aware of the issues in live-play. Dyn says it is facing a second round of DDoS attack. Editor's note: the story is being updated as we learn more. We have moved this story up on the front page.

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