Hacked home devices caused massive Internet outage!!

San Francisco hours after a massive online attack that blocked access to many popular websites, the company under assault has finally restored its service. Dyn a New Hampshire-based company that monitors and routes Internet traffic, was the victim of a massive attack that began at 7:10 a.m. Friday morning. The issue kept some users on the East Coast from accessing Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit, PayPal and other sites. DDoS attacks flood servers with so many fake requests for information that they cannot respond to real ones, often crashing under the barrage. It's unclear who orchestrated the attack.

This goes to show how Cyber Attacks are increasing rapidly by the minute.