Half the internet is down today: why

Internet users around the world, but mostly in the United States, reported that top websites are not loading on Friday morning.
The affected sites include Amazon, Twitter, Etsy, Github, Spotify, and others.

According to Hacker News and reports, these sites have been affected:

– DYN

– Twitter

– Etsy

– Github

– Soundcloud

– Spotify

– Heroku

– Pagerduty

– Shopify

It’s not immediately obvious who is behind this DDoS attack. However, the fact that the attackers were able to disrupt the DNS provider used by some of the most popular websites tells a lot about their abilities.

At the moment, Dyn DNS is still dealing with the attack and its cause remains unknown. Stay tuned for further updates.