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Telstra DNS falls over after denial of service attack – ZDNet
Customers with an unmodified configuration find themselves unable to access the internet.
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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…
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