Internet down?

[AZswayze]

I’ve been trying to access Twitter throughout the day, and it’s been down. I finally googled it, and saw that a massive cyberattack took out a good chunk of major sites across the country. Why is this not bigger news right now? I don’t believe we’ve seen an attack on this scale before. It’s a travesty that the US budget for cybersecurity is only $14 billion (increasing to $19 next year), and I’m afraid we will see more of these in the future that are far more insidious (although this one may prove to be terrible if private user information has been compromised).

[89ute]

This Is Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today [Update: It’s Getting Worse]

[EUte]

The cyaberattackers targeted all the big ones: Twitter, Netflix, UteFans.net…

[AZswayze]

That’s funny, but they hit more than just social networking sites, and nearly every one of these sites has private information including credit cards and/or social security numbers:

ActBlue
Basecamp
Big cartel
Box
Business Insider
CNN
Cleveland.com
Etsy
Github
Grubhub
Guardian.co.uk
HBO Now
Iheart.com (iHeartRadio)
Imgur
Intercom
Intercom.com
Okta
PayPal
People.com
Pinterest
Playstation Network
Recode
Reddit
Seamless
Spotify
Squarespace Customer Sites
Starbucks rewards/gift cards
Storify.com
The Verge
Twillo
Twitter
Urbandictionary.com (lol)
Weebly
Wired.com
Wix Customer Sites
Yammer
Yelp
Zendesk.com
Zoho CRM
Credit Karma
Eventbrite
Netflix
NHL.com
Fox News
Disqus
Shopify
Soundcloud
Atom.io
Ancersty.com
ConstantContact
Indeed.com
New York Times
Weather.com
WSJ.com
time.com
xbox.com
dailynews.com
Wikia
donorschoose.org
Wufoo.com
Genonebiology.com
BBC
Elder Scrolls Online
Eve Online
PagerDuty
Kayak
youneedabudget.com
Speed Test
Freshbooks
Braintree
Blue Host
Qualtrics
SBNation
Salsify.com
Zillow.com
nimbleschedule.com
Vox.com
Livestream.com
IndieGoGo
Fortune
CNBC.com
FT.com
Survey Monkey
Paragon Game
Runescaper

Monkey should use this attack as an excuse if he ever does get the site back up 🙂

[leftyjace]

DDoS isn’t an attempt to get to credit card numbers, fortunately.

[AZswayze]

Are we sure that’s what it is or is it possible they’re saying that right now so people don’t flip out? Honest question, I’m as ignorant as a newborn on this stuff.

[leftyjace]

Good question. They’ve published it as a DDoS so others can fight it. I could see them trying to mislead, but I’m not sure what purpose it would serve. The symptoms of non-response are in line with a DDoS.

[Tacoma Ute]

Either it’s exactly what they said or this is step one in taking over and regulating the Internet to prevent free speech that “they” don’t like.

I’m leaning towards the former but who knows?

[Tony (admin)]

I’ve been a victim of a ddos twice. It sucked.

[leftyjace]

Good article on it:

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/what-exactly-happened-knock-so-many-sites-offline-n670781

[zeous]

October & November are revolution season, but we’re only at 99 years since the Bolsheviks ganked Russia, and it seems 100 year anniversary would be the more likely time for historical correspondence. However, the pump is certainly primed here right now.

[UtesRock]

Wow Utefans.net down,
Hulu is running slow.

[AZswayze]

It was a lot more than just that. Did you not see the article or the list posted?