Security News > 2016 > October > DDoS Attacks against Dyn (Schneier on Security)
2016-10-22 13:47
Yesterday's DDoS attacks against Dyn are being reported everywhere. I have received a gazillion press requests, but I am traveling in Australia and Asia and have had to decline most of them. That's okay, really, because we don't know anything much of anything about the attacks. If I had to guess, though, I don't think it's China. I think it's...
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