Major cyber attack disrupts internet service across Europe and US
by Sam Thielman in New York and Chris Johnston in Lon from on (#1YW4X)
Denial of service attack from unknown culprits on domain name system company Dyn caused access to be severely restricted for users on Friday
US officials are investigating multiple attacks that caused widespread online disruption on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security has begun an investigation into the DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack, the Guardian confirmed.
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