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Major internet outage hits the U. S.

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It’s not just you. There are no firm reports yet as to the cause, although some are already speculating that it might be some sort of attack.
No, it’s not just you.
Large swaths of the United States are currently experiencing internet connection problems with several major providers reporting problems. Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T all appear to be affected, with Comcast blaming the outage on an “external network issue.”No, it’s not just you.
This outage falls just after the one year anniversary of a major DDOS attack on Dyn that crippled the internet for a day in October of 2016.
According to DownDetector, which tracks internet outages, Comcast customers are experiencing connectivity issues in “Mountain View, Denver, Portland, Chicago, Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Minneapolis, and Boston.”
There are no firm reports yet as to the cause, although some are already speculating that it might be some sort of attack.
We’ll update this post when we know more.

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