As you can see from the map above, the east coast of America as well as a good chunk of the west... Has been affected by a huge DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on Dyn which provides DNS (Domain Name Service) for hundreds and hundreds of sites. This affects sites such as Shopify and Etsy, which a lot of shaving artisans and vendors (such as B&M, PAA and K Shave Worx to name a tiny few - full list below) rely on to host their eCommerce sites. Likewise, you can't pay for anything using PayPal for the same reason. Some Friday #drama for y'all. It started at 7am EST and was thought resolved, but is clearly ongoing. Check out downdetector.com to see just how bad it is.
...and don't bother tweeting about it to bitch. That's broken too. Reddit was up/down (fine now).
UPDATE:
The issue is reported as "resolved" by Dyn as of October 21, 2016 - 18:17 EST.
Articles on the DDoS attack:
- CNBC: After cyberassault KOs Amazon, Twitter, Spotify, second attack reported
- CNN: Widespread Internet outage knocks out popular sites like Reddit, Twitter and Netflix
- Engadget: US investigating Friday's internet blackout as 'criminal act'
- Forbes: Hacked Cameras Were Behind Today's Massive Web Outage
- Gizmodo: This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today
- Time: Here’s What’s Wrong With the Internet Today
Here's a comprehensive list (from here) of those verified as affected:
Artisans
- Ballenclaugh Shaving Soaps
- Barberry Coast Shave Co.
- Barrister and Mann
- Black Ship Grooming Co.
- Captain's Choice Products
- Chatillon Lux Shaving Provisions
- Cooper & French
- Dr. Jon's Shaving Soap Co.
- FuzzyFace Soaps
- Henri et Victoria (Canada)
- K Shave Worx
- L&L Grooming
- Mason Boutique
- McStachio & Co.
- Men's Soap Company
- Midnight & Two (Canada)
- Mystic Water Soap
- OCEANSURGE Shaving Soaps
- Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements
- Phoenix and Beau (England)
- Reef Point Soaps
- Sapone Di Paolo
- Shannon's Soaps
- Soap Commander
- Tallow + Steel (Canada)
- The Holy Black Trading Company
- The Sudsy Soapery
- Tiki Bar Soap
- Uncle Jon's Store
- Wet Shaving Products
- Wet The Face
- Zoes Beauty Boutique
Hardware
Other
Vendors
- BullGoose Shaving Supplies (Redondo Beach, CA)
- Classic Shaving (Sandpoint, ID)
- Elite Edge Shaving (Taylorsville, KY)
- Italian Barber (Aurora, Canada)
- Merchant & Rhoades (Chicago, IL)
- Shave Nation (Glenview, IL)
- The Shave Mercantile (Nashville, TN)