As a result of the attack by hackers against the Dyn company which  manages the servers of many popular services, Internet users had a big deal of a problem. Two days ago probably many of you could not log onto Twitter or also watch favourite series on Netflix. Popular services as Twitter, Netflix, Reddit, the PayPal or Playstation Network fell victim of the attack on the DNS system thanks to which we can open a website. The attack consisted in bombing servers with enquiries with the use of bots, as a  result all free sources were used up. 

Dyn company restored functioning of attacked servers after a few hours but  it also warns that a consecutive phase of the attack takes place. 

So far hackers have usually targeted individual pages. In this case, the attack caused the breakdown of many services. 

Flashpoint company which deals with cybersafety, announced that for the attack,  the hackers had used devices having an access to the network, such as a TV set or a printer. A Mirai virus was used for the attack, and the owner of the infected equipment does not even  know about the fact that his device took part in the attack.