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Massive DDOS attack against DynDNS knocks out ESO, Twitter, Paypal + many more

IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
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It's been going on for several hours and a couple of times it even affected my ability to reach this site, reddit and other places. ESO is still unreacheable.

It's targeted against the major NA East Coast DNS lookup provider, Dyn and is still going.

http://gizmodo.com/todays-brutal-ddos-attack-is-the-beginning-of-a-bleak-f-1788071976
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/internet-outage-ddos-dns-dyn/

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    It's apparently affecting EVE and other games have spotty connectivity.


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,057
    Affecting EVE? Those bastards!  >:)

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    You can keep track of the DDOS status against Dyn here:

    https://www.dynstatus.com/


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    SWTOR good to go.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • flizzerflizzer Member RarePosts: 2,455
    Is this why LOTRO is so laggy?   
  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    DMKano said:
    Once DNS root gets hit, everything has spotty connectivity. 


    *knocks on wood* West coast has been A-OK today. >.>


    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 


  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    Just gives everyone another reason to blame it on ads.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • flizzerflizzer Member RarePosts: 2,455
    DMKano said:
    flizzer said:
    Is this why LOTRO is so laggy?   


    Unless you are going over DDOS saturated paths as long as DNS works, you shouldn't have any lag.
    I was trying to be sarcastic. For some reason LOTRO has been laggy for years despite upgarding to better servers. They seem unable or unwilling to do anything about it. 
  • H0urg1assH0urg1ass Member EpicPosts: 2,380
    I've manually changed all of my computers to use Google's DNS servers.  I haven't had any problems all day, even accessing sites that are based in the northeast US which is where the attacks hit hardest and I also live in central Texas where the attacks were second worst.
  • SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
    It's effecting a lot of sites. I couldn't even access MMORPG.com earlier "DNS Error: The DNS address to the site you are trying to access is not responding." Though I'm not sure it is directly linked to my specific error.
  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    When you are dumb enough to ddos on a scale like this you will be in jail before monday.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • flizzerflizzer Member RarePosts: 2,455
    filmoret said:
    When you are dumb enough to ddos on a scale like this you will be in jail before monday.
    Is there some purpose behind this or just malicious intent?
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    filmoret said:
    When you are dumb enough to ddos on a scale like this you will be in jail before monday.
    Yes. Thank goodness for the world police and universal laws that apply everywhere... oh wait, I'm thinking of a scifi movie.
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

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    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    Iselin said:
    filmoret said:
    When you are dumb enough to ddos on a scale like this you will be in jail before monday.
    Yes. Thank goodness for the world police and universal laws that apply everywhere... oh wait, I'm thinking of a scifi movie.
    Well if the attack is coming from outside of USA that would be a problem for sure.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    flizzer said:
    filmoret said:
    When you are dumb enough to ddos on a scale like this you will be in jail before monday.
    Is there some purpose behind this or just malicious intent?
    Well it's becoming an increasingly effective way to potentially de-stabilize whole countries during brief but possibly critical time periods. It's not like some of these haven't already been government sponsored.
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    H0urg1ass said:
    I've manually changed all of my computers to use Google's DNS servers.  I haven't had any problems all day, even accessing sites that are based in the northeast US which is where the attacks hit hardest and I also live in central Texas where the attacks were second worst.
    That definitely worked... today.
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,177
    I was unable to connect to these forums just the front page of this site and articles but the forums were inaccessible.

  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Couldn't access Photoshop at all.

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  • centkincentkin Member RarePosts: 1,527
    Thank goodness we at least own the top level DNS servers in the USA... 

    Or did before we recently passed off control to an international authority.
  • NightliteNightlite Member UncommonPosts: 227
    This is payback, and not even close to as bad as it can get. Silencing truth is going out of style.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Nyctelios said:
    People on wikileaks are talking about this as an action of their supporters... Is it true?
    If you want a full rundown of all the latest theories on who done it, here's a link for you:

    http://heavy.com/tech/2016/10/who-is-source-responsible-for-ddos-attacks-top-theories-conspiracy-mirai-botnet-poodlecorp-russia-wikileaks-origin-why/

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    http://www.digitalattackmap.com/#anim=1&color=0&country=ALL&list=0&time=17095&view=map

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  • filmoretfilmoret Member EpicPosts: 4,906
    edited October 2016
    I wonder if that is real.  If so then the middle of the USA is being attacked at this timestamp.  7:47 EST  I mean really that map is showing third world countries as point of attacks.
    Are you onto something or just on something?
  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    edited October 2016
    DMKano said:
    flizzer said:
    Is this why LOTRO is so laggy?   


    Unless you are going over DDOS saturated paths as long as DNS works, you shouldn't have any lag.
    I think he was being sarcastic. LOTRO is always laggy.

    EDIT: Just saw your response @flizzer. Not sure how I missed it. ;-)
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  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    Kyleran said:
    Affecting EVE? Those bastards!  >:)
    GitHub, ZenDesk, and Box were also down. Three of my most used tools at work. :-(
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