Security News > 2016 > October > Dyn Confirms DDoS Attack Affecting Twitter, Github, Many Others (Threatpost)

2016-10-21 14:01
DNS providers Dyn suffered a DDoS attack this morning that affected many of its major customers including Twitter, Spotify, Github and others.
News URL
http://threatpost.com/dyn-confirms-ddos-attack-affecting-twitter-github-many-others/121438/
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