internet firm: The hacker group claiming responsibility says that the day antics were just a dry run and that it has its sights set on a much bigger target, according to The Japan Times. And the attackers now have a secret weapon in the increasing array of internet-enabled household devices they can subvert and use to wreak havoc. On Friday, epic cyberattacks crippled a major internet firm, repeatedly disrupting the availability of popular websites across the United States. The fire hose Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn Inc. said its server infrastructure was hit by distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks. The attack temporarily blocked some access to popular websites from across America and Europe such as Twitter, Netflix and Pay Pal. These work by overwhelming targeted machines with junk data traffic — sort of like knocking someone over by blasting them with a fire hose.
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