Here’s Why the Biggest Sites on the Internet Have Gone Offline

By Paul Tamburro

A number of the biggest sites on the internet have been brought to their knees today, with the likes of Spotify, Twitter and Reddit all suffering outages.

The issues experienced by these sites have been the result of two distribution denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Dyn, the host of some of the web’s biggest Domain Name Systems (DNS). With the DNS provider unable to handle…

Paul Tamburro
Paul Tamburro

Paul Tamburro is the UK, Tech & Gadgets and Gaming Editor for CraveOnline. When he isn't busy reporting upon all the latest developments in the tech and gaming industries, he spends his spare time surrounding himself in the latest technology and video games, and enforcing his opinions on everything from Apple to Nintendo onto other people. It's fortunate that this is his job, really.

You can follow him on Twitter @PaulTamburro.

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