DDoS attacks on Dyn

DDoS attacks on Dyn
Map of the areas most affected by the attacks,
16:45 UTC, 21 October 2016.[1]
DateOctober 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
Time11:10 – 13:20 UTC
15:50 – 17:00 UTC
20:00 – 22:10 UTC[2]
LocationEurope and North America, especially the Eastern United States
TypeDistributed denial-of-service
ParticipantsUnknown
SuspectsNew World Hackers, Anonymous
(self-claimed)

On October 21, 2016, three consecutive distributed denial-of-service attacks were launched against the Domain Name System (DNS) provider Dyn. The attack caused major Internet platforms and services to be unavailable to large swathes of users in Europe and North America.[3][4] The groups Anonymous and New World Hackers claimed responsibility for the attack, but scant evidence was provided.[5]

As a DNS provider, Dyn provides to end-users the service of mapping an Internet domain name—when, for instance, entered into a web browser—to its corresponding IP address. The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack was accomplished through numerous DNS lookup requests from tens of millions of IP addresses.[6] The activities are believed to have been executed through a botnet consisting of many Internet-connected devices—such as printers, IP cameras, residential gateways and baby monitors—that had been infected with the Mirai malware.

Affected services

Services affected by the attack included:

Investigation

White House spokesperson Josh Earnest responds on October 21, 2016, the day of the attack

The US Department of Homeland Security started an investigation into the attacks, according to a White House source.[30][31][32] No group of hackers claimed responsibility during or in the immediate aftermath of the attack.[33] Dyn's chief strategist said in an interview that the assaults on the company's servers were very complex and unlike everyday DDoS attacks.[34] Barbara Simons, a member of the advisory board of the United States Election Assistance Commission, said such attacks could affect electronic voting for overseas military or civilians.[34]

Dyn disclosed that, according to business risk intelligence firm FlashPoint and Akamai Technologies, the attack was a botnet coordinated through numerous Internet of Things-enabled (IoT) devices, including cameras, residential gateways, and baby monitors, that had been infected with Mirai malware. The attribution of the attack to the Mirai botnet had been previously reported by BackConnect Inc., another security firm.[35] Dyn stated that they were receiving malicious requests from tens of millions of IP addresses.[6][36] Mirai is designed to brute-force the security on an IoT device, allowing it to be controlled remotely.

Cybersecurity investigator Brian Krebs noted that the source code for Mirai had been released onto the Internet in an open-source manner some weeks prior, which made the investigation of the perpetrator more difficult.[37]

On 25 October 2016, US President Obama stated that the investigators still had no idea who carried out the cyberattack.[38]

On 13 December 2017, the Justice Department announced that three men (Paras Jha, 21, Josiah White, 20, and Dalton Norman, 21) had entered guilty pleas in cybercrime cases relating to the Mirai and clickfraud botnets.[39]

Perpetrators

In correspondence with the website Politico, hacktivist groups SpainSquad, Anonymous, and New World Hackers claimed responsibility for the attack in retaliation against Ecuador's rescinding Internet access to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, at their embassy in London, where he had been granted asylum.[5] This claim has yet to be confirmed.[5] WikiLeaks alluded to the attack on Twitter, tweeting "Mr. Assange is still alive and WikiLeaks is still publishing. We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point."[40] New World Hackers has claimed responsibility in the past for similar attacks targeting sites like BBC and ESPN.com.[41]

On October 26, FlashPoint stated that the attack was most likely done by script kiddies.[42]

A November 17, 2016, a Forbes article reported that the attack was likely carried out by "an angry gamer".[43]

On December 9, 2020, one of the perpetrators pleaded guilty to taking part in the attack. The perpetrator's name was withheld due to his or her age.[44]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Dyn (26 October 2016). "Official Dyn Analysis Summary". dyn.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ Etherington, Darrell; Conger, Kate (21 October 2016). "Many sites including Twitter, Shopify and Spotify suffering outage". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  4. ^ "The Possible Vendetta Behind the East Coast Web Slowdown". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
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  14. ^ @TESOnline (21 October 2016). "We are still investigating intermittent login issues some players are experiencing across all megaservers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  21. ^ Menn, Joseph (22 October 2016). "Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter, other sites". Reuters. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  22. ^ "DDoS Attack on DNS; Major sites including GitHub PSN, Twitter Suffering Outage". HackRead. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  23. ^ "[RESOLVED] Unscheduled Maintenance". Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  24. ^ a b Joel Westerholm. "Så sänktes Twitter och Regeringen.se i attacken", Sveriges Radio, 24 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  25. ^ "U.S. internet disrupted as firm hit by cyberattacks". CBS News. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  26. ^ Lecher, Colin (21 October 2016). "Denial-of-service attacks are shutting down major websites across the internet". The Verge. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  27. ^ Gallagher, Sean (21 October 2016). "DoS attack on major DNS provider brings Internet to morning crawl [Updated]". Ars Technica. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  28. ^ Wolkenbrod, Rob (21 October 2016). "Why is the WWE Network Down on Friday, October 21?". Daily DDT. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  29. ^ Sarkar, Samit (21 October 2016). "Massive DDoS attack affecting PSN, some Xbox Live apps (update)". Polygon. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  30. ^ Etherington, Darrell; Conger, Kate (21 October 2016). "Many sites including Twitter, Shopify and Spotify suffering outage". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  31. ^ "Government probes major cyberattack causing internet outages". Politico. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  32. ^ Finkle, Jim; Volz, Dustin. "Homeland Security Is 'Investigating All Potential Causes' of Internet Disruptions". Time. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  33. ^ "Popular sites like Amazon, Twitter and Netflix suffer outages". money.cnn.com. CNN Money. 21 October 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  34. ^ a b Perlroth, Nicole; Mccann, Erin (2016-10-21). "No, It's Not Just You. The Internet Is (Still) Having Problems". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  35. ^ "Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  36. ^ Perlroth, Nicole (2016-10-21). "Internet Attack Spreads, Disrupting Major Websites". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  37. ^ Statt, Nick (October 21, 2016). "How an army of vulnerable gadgets took down the web today". The Verge. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  38. ^ CNN, 25 October 2016, Obama: We have no idea who carried out huge cyberattack
  39. ^ Justice Department, 13 December 2017, Justice Department Announces Charges And Guilty Pleas In Three Computer Crime Cases Involving Significant Cyber Attacks
  40. ^ Han, Esther (22 October 2016). "WikiLeaks claims its supporters are behind the massive DDoS cyber attack". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  41. ^ Satter, Raphael; Fowler, Bree; Bajak (21 October 2016). "Cyberattacks on Key Internet Firm Disrupt Internet Services". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  42. ^ Lomas, Natasha (26 October 2016). "Dyn DNS DDoS likely the work of script kiddies, says FlashPoint, so i guess that means anonymous did it, as most of anonymous are script kiddies anyway". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  43. ^ Mathews, Lee (17 November 2016). "Angry Gamer Blamed For Most Devastating DDoS Of 2016". Forbes.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  44. ^ "Individual Pleads Guilty to Participating in Internet-of-Things Cyberattack in 2016". justice.gov. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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