A massive attack took out a swath of the internet, affecting Twitter, Spotify, Github, and more

A massive attack took out a swath of the internet, affecting Twitter, Spotify, Github, and more

An online attack early in the US overwhelmed a service from internet-naming service provider Dyn, causing the websites of its customers, including major destinations like Twitter, Spotify, Github and Shopify to be unavailable to swathes of internet users for several hours. Update: Dyn reported a new attack at 11:52 ET. Twitter, Spotify, and PayPal are…