Telstra DNS falls over after denial of service attack

From zdnet.com

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Customers with Telstra’s default DNS settings found themselves seemingly unable to access the internet on Sunday morning, as the telco was facing a denial of service attack.The attack kicked off some time before 10:30am on the Australian east coast.

“Some of our Domain Name Servers (DNS) used to route your traffic online are experiencing a cyber attack, known as a Denial of Service (DoS),” Telstra said on Twitter just before noon.”Your info isn’t at risk. We’re doing all we can to get you back online.”

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