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Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and other websites are disabled by a massive cyber attack

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Twitter, Spotify, Netflix and other websites are disabled by a massive cyber attack The affected companies are investigating the failures, which could be linked to a DDoS attack, in which they try to saturate the servers' response with a wave of false access demands   Several of the main websites and internet applications such as Twitter, Spotify or eBay have registered serious operational problems due to two computer attacks this Friday against a US DNS provider, which has spread to other countries, France Press reported. For more than two hours, access to Twitter and also to media like CNN, New York Times, Financial Times or The Guardian, has been impossible in the United States and has given problems in countries such as France or Spain, although in our country unemployment It has been shorter. In addition, Netflix, the HBO chain and the Paypal online payment service have also suffered problems.    More and more common, this type of cyber attacks consist...