That are devices, such as printers, digital video recorders, and smart thermostats that are connected to the internet. They all have a private IP address and can therefore, if they are infected with malware used for DDoS attacks.
In a DDoS attack, information from websites so often requested that the servers collapse. The hackers used often multiple computers with malicious software being infected.
Essential for the internet
Dyn is a company that is a part of the Domain Name System (DNS) houses. DNS is a crucial part of the internet. It converts the URL, for example NU.nl in a series of numbers that computers use to communicate with each other. If that fails, websites can no longer be accessed.
According to Dyn was a “carefully planned and carried out attacks” that are done with “tens of millions of IP addresses at once”. A company spokesman told the New York Times that “this is not an ordinary DDoS-attack”.
Except Spotify and Twitter also include Netflix, Wired, PayPal, Reddit and GitHub use the DNS servers of Dyn.
Research
The U.s. department of the Interior has let know to investigate “all possible causes” of the attack on the internet infrastructure.
Probably the recherchedienst FBI participated in the investigation, according to two American officials against news agency Reuters.
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