DDoS attack on DNS affecting all services

Incident Report for PRX

Resolved

Attacks have not resumed.

Posted Oct 22, 2016 - 04:19 EDT

Update

Attacks resumed and intensified ~45 minutes ago, causing more access issues to prx sites and dovetail hosted podcasts.

Posted Oct 21, 2016 - 12:56 EDT

Monitoring

There is DDos attack against a major DNS provider, it is affecting our www.prx.org, networks.prx.org, and dovetail services.

https://www.dynstatus.com/incidents/nlr4yrr162t8
http://thenextweb.com/security/2016/10/21/massive-ddos-attack-dyn-dns-causing-havoc-online/

It appears at this time that systems are recovering, but we will continue to monitor.

Posted Oct 21, 2016 - 09:40 EDT