DNS provider Dyn site was hit by a significant distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Web-users were struggling to reach some of the world’s most well-known websites – including Twitter, Spotify, Github, Reddit, and Airbnb after the DDoS attack.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dyn
"id": "dyn12547622",
"linkid": "dyn",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "10/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Dyn',
'type': 'DNS provider'}],
'attack_vector': 'Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS)',
'description': 'DNS provider Dyn site was hit by a significant distributed '
'denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Web-users were struggling to '
'reach some of the world’s most well-known websites – '
'including Twitter, Spotify, Github, Reddit, and Airbnb after '
'the DDoS attack.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': ['Twitter',
'Spotify',
'Github',
'Reddit',
'Airbnb']},
'title': 'DDoS Attack on Dyn',
'type': 'DDoS'}