Is it safe to access our entertainment websites now? (A DDOS attack today)

United States
October 21, 2016 5:58pm CST
I didn't hear about it until just now. Apparently sites like netflix, amazon, spotify and twitter were DDOS attacked. I haven't yet tried to get onto my firestick where I have access to amazon instant video, netflix, hulu, acorntv and starz. I just came across this article on it but it was updated two hours ago. Anyone able to access any of the aforementioned sites? (The attack was focused on places East of the Mississippi so I am really directing this to any on the East Coast of the US).
The company at the center of the attack said outages were still ongoing Friday afternoon.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
22 Oct 16
It is rare to hear about DOS attacks these days. I fact I have never really understood why anyone would go to such effort for what is essentially a practical joke.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Oct 16
@topffer In many cases such attacks are just for the fun of it. People see major sites as a challenge.
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topffer
@topffer (42155)
• France
22 Oct 16
If you read the article, the target was DynDNS. The hacker was probably trying to get access to a specific DynDNS server ; he has blocked the DynDNS traffic and he has covered up his tracks with this massive DDOS attack.
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topffer
@topffer (42155)
• France
26 Oct 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I wanted to tell that this attack was probably just a mean to an other end than to only make unavailable large sites like Twitter or Netflix.
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Pinay Ako
@AkoPinay (11496)
• Philippines
22 Oct 16
OMG
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Cynthia Owens
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
22 Oct 16
And now it is off again. I guess the issue is not resolved.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
@AkoPinay It's only affecting the East Coast of the US at the moment.
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Pinay Ako
@AkoPinay (11496)
• Philippines
22 Oct 16
@cindiowens I can access them from Philippines
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maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
24 Oct 16
Whoa scary. I did not hear about this yet.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Oct 16
It's all over and done with now but it seemed to happen pretty fast all the same.
Yuki
@yukimori (10192)
• United States
22 Oct 16
The PlayStation Network and Netflix seem to be working correctly now. The YNAB site was down due to DNS issues earlier, too, but it came back online a bit before the others did.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
I found the "host" company that was reallyu being attacked and have followed their updates. It seems it's all said and done now. Let's hope it stays that way. I hadnt' heard that PSN was attacked.
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Yuki
@yukimori (10192)
• United States
22 Oct 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah, it was apparently targeted as well. It seems to be a relatively common target for these types of attacks.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
@yukimori I have no words because targeting entertainment services is both sad and genius.
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Cynthia Owens
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
22 Oct 16
We couldn't get on via playstation 3 earlier, but now we can.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
This is the host service to alot of the entertainment places that have gone down. So far it's resolved... I hope.
Dyn, Inc. Status - DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS
www.dynstatus.com
Dyn, Inc.'s Status Page - DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS.
Smelly
@Sasquatchy (1131)
• Canada
22 Oct 16
Yes, it was over this afternoon as far as I know. It took my work down for at least four hours!
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
THere were a total of around three attacks from what I can gather. I haven't yet attempted accessing any of my entertainment websites yet but the main hub site says it's been fixed.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Oct 16
@Sasquatchy I don't envy you. Fielding customer calls, regardless of complaint or asking for help, just isn't something I could ever do.
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Smelly
@Sasquatchy (1131)
• Canada
22 Oct 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I had to work through 2 of them fending off customers who use our site. It is DDoS so you can try your sites all you want, it will work or not. No harm to you. I'm soooooo glad I'm not there for the third one, the second one was brutal!
Anna
@LadyDuck (502466)
• Italy
22 Oct 16
We were immediately informed by our provider of the attack, but we were not affected.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Oct 16
Glad it wasn't widespread then.
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