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Similar report here:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/10/21/cyber-attack-takes-down-east-coast-netflix-spotify-twitter/92507806/

DDoS attacks flood servers with so many fake requests for information that they cannot respond to real ones, often crashing under the barrage. It’s unclear who orchestrated the attack.

“It’s a very smart attack. We start to mitigate, they react. It keeps on happening every time. We’re learning though,” said Kyle York, Dyn’s chief strategy officer said on a conference call with reporters Friday afternoon.


5 posted on 10/22/2016 11:22:47 AM PDT by McGruff (Time for a Tea Party II)
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... It’s unclear who orchestrated the attack....

Watch, Hillary will blame the Russians and Trump for his cozy relationship with Putin.


6 posted on 10/22/2016 11:24:45 AM PDT by McGruff (Time for a Tea Party II)
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“By the time Skynet became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms; everywhere. It was software; in cyberspace. There was no system core; it could not be shutdown.”
7 posted on 10/22/2016 11:33:54 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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