The DYN DDoS attack should be a warning sign for businesses

By Hobie Thompson – DYN, one of the largest providers of managed Domain Name System records for some of the internet’s biggest companies, faced a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack.

Sites including Amazon, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Reddit were affected. People across the country, though more-so on the East Coast, found these sites inaccessible.

Dyn continues to provide updates on these attacks as they continue to affect the internet. Dyn had restored service for a while, only to again face another outage.

The attack is such a major concern that White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating the attack.