![caiyxstvmki78bjlkdog](https://utterbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/caiyxstvmki78bjlkdog-640x359.gif)
Today, half of America’s internet shut down when hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s still unclear exactly who carried out the attack and why, but regardless, the event served as a demonstration of how easily large swaths of the web can be wiped out if attacked by determined hackers.