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

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 consists of blocking a server, overloading it with visitors or monopolizing its resources until they are exhausted, often by means of pirated zombie teams.

The target of this attack has been the company Dyn, which redirects the flow of Internet servers and IP addresses, it announced in a press release.

«This morning, October 21, Dyn suffered extensive DDoS attack on [its] DNS infrastructure (domain name system, domain name system, Ed) on the east coast of the United States», said Scott Hilton, executive vice president of Dyn, in a statement sent to the AFP.

According to the specialized portal TechCruch, the attack focused on the United States. Users in Europe and Asia have not suffered the same problems, he added.