Here’s How Your Refrigerator Broke the Internet Last Week
Your refrigerator might have helped bring down the internet last Friday.
As many users noticed, shortly before last weekend a massive cyber-attack disrupted service to major websites ranging from the New York Times to PayPal and many more. The attack took place in three stages, all targeted at the Domain Name Services (DNS) company Dyn, Inc.
Dyn’s business, domain name services, is often referred to as the roadmap of the internet. It’s what translates URLs like TheStreet.com into the 12-digit IP address at which websites reside. This isn’t because IP addresses are secret (at time of writing, for example, this website’s address was 107.23.89.155). They’re simply tough for human beings to remember…..read the full article here with my comments as I weigh in with TheStreet author Eric Reed .