In looking at Friday's internetworking disruption incident caused by the major distributed denial of service attack on a contract back-end DNS provider, several news stories arise. I've tried to compile a working bibliography of related items especially as we've escalated since mid-September from a "biggest attack ever" then to something bigger as of Friday. This hardly feels comprehensive but is a start as an "environmental scan", perhaps.

Conditt, J. (2016, October 21). Blame the Internet of Things for today’s web blackout. Retrieved from https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/21/mirai-botnet-hacked-cameras-routers-internet-outage/

Cyber attacks briefly knock out top sites. (2016, October 21). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37728015

Cyber attacks disrupt well-known websites. (2016, October 22). Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/316309/cyber-attacks-disrupt-well-known-websites

Essomba, M. (2016, April 7). Who Is Dropping Precision DDoS Bombs? #CyberSecurity #CyberWar #CypherPoems. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from https://medium.com/@marcoessomba/who-is-dropping-precision-ddos-bombs-cybersecurity-cyberwar-cypherpoems-1f4f91badced#.f5r51npsy

Franceschi-Bicchierai, L. (2016a, October 21). Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://motherboard.vice.com/read/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today

Franceschi-Bicchierai, L. (2016b, October 21). Twitter, Reddit, Spotify Were Collateral Damage In Major Internet Attack. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://motherboard.vice.com/read/twitter-reddit-spotify-were-collateral-damage-in-major-internet-attack

Gallagher, S. (2014, February 11). Biggest DDoS ever aimed at Cloudflare’s content delivery network. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/biggest-ddos-ever-aimed-at-cloudflares-content-delivery-network/

Gallagher, S. (2015, September 1). Lizard Squad launches DDoS against UK law enforcement agency. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/09/lizard-squad-launches-ddos-against-uk-law-enforcement-agency/

Gallagher, S. (2016a, October 21). DoS attack on major DNS provider brings Internet to morning crawl [Updated]. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/dos-attack-on-major-dns-provider-brings-internet-to-morning-crawl/

Gallagher, S. (2016b, October 21). Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/10/double-dip-internet-of-things-botnet-attack-felt-across-the-internet/

Griffin, A., & Walker, T. (2016, October 21). An internet outage is taking out the world’s biggest websites. Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/netflix-twitter-internet-down-not-working-broken-paypal-ebay-facebook-instagram-a7374506.html

Hasen, R. (2016, October 21). If Today’s Internet Outage/Hacking Was a Dry Run for Election Day, Things Could Get Very Bad. Retrieved from http://electionlawblog.org/?p=87926

Have hackers turned my printer into an offensive weapon? (2016, October 4). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37552066

Heightened DDoS Threat Posed by Mirai and Other Botnets. (2016, October 14). Retrieved October 23, 2016, from https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-288A

Hoag, M. (2016, October 21). Today’s Dyn DDoS attack: you wanted a world without Twitter? You got it. Enjoy. Retrieved from https://medium.com/startup-grind/todays-dyn-ddos-attack-you-wanted-a-world-without-twitter-you-got-it-enjoy-c8b36dbd04ee#.b9jpyjce1

Hughes, M. (2016, October 21). Massive DDOS attack against Dyn DNS is causing havoc online [Resolved]. Retrieved from http://thenextweb.com/security/2016/10/21/massive-ddos-attack-dyn-dns-causing-havoc-online/

Krebs, B. (2016a, October 21). DDoS on Dyn Impacts Twitter, Spotify, Reddit. Retrieved from https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/ddos-on-dyn-impacts-twitter-spotify-reddit/

Krebs, B. (2016b, October 21). Hacked Cameras, DVRs Powered Today’s Massive Internet Outage. Retrieved from https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/

Lanxon, N., Kahn, J., & Brustein, J. (2016, October 21). The Possible Vendetta Behind the East Coast Web Slowdown. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-21/internet-service-disrupted-in-large-parts-of-eastern-u-s

Limer, E. (2016, October 21). Hackers Wrecked the Internet Using DVRs and Webcams. Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a23504/mirai-botnet-internet-of-things-ddos-attack/

Marsh, P. (2016, August 10). What is a denial of service attack? Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-10/what-is-a-ddos-attack/7712372

McCarthy, K. (2016, October 21). DNS devastation: Top websites whacked offline as Dyn dies again. Retrieved from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/21/dns_devastation_as_dyn_dies_under_denialofservice_attack/

Menn, J., Finkle, J., & Volz, D. (2016, October 22). Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter, other sites. Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-idUSKCN12L1ME

Newman, L. H. (2016, October 21). What We Know About Friday’s Massive East Coast Internet Outage. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from https://www.wired.com/2016/10/internet-outage-ddos-dns-dyn/

Noto, G. (2016, October 21). SPECIAL ALERT: DDoS Attack Shuts Down Key Fintech Sites. Retrieved from http://bankinnovation.net/2016/10/special-alert-ddos-attack-shuts-down-key-fintech-sites/

Perlroth, N. (2016, October 21). Hackers Used New Weapons to Disrupt Major Websites Across U.S. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/business/internet-problems-attack.html

Radio New Zealand. (2016). New technology with Andy Linton (From Nine To Noon, 11:13 am on 20 October 2016) [MP3]. Retrieved from http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201820707/new-technology-with-andy-linton

Reynolds, G. (2016, October 22). I REMAIN SKEPTICAL OF THE “INTERNET OF THINGS.” Retrieved from https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/247007/

Schneier, B. (2016a, September 13). Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet. Retrieved from https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/someone_is_lear.html

Schneier, B. (2016b, September 26). Brian Krebs DDoS. Retrieved from https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/09/brian_krebs_ddo.html

Schneier, B. (2016c, October 22). DDoS Attacks against Dyn. Retrieved from https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/10/ddos_attacks_ag.html

Selyukh, A. (2016, October 21). What Was Up With The Internet Today? Websites Lagged Or Didn’t Load For Many. Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/21/498861897/whats-up-with-the-internet-today-websites-lag-dont-load-for-many-in-u-s

Shaw, J. (2016, October 22). Yesterday’s DDoS attack should have been a major wake up call - Hot Air. Retrieved from http://hotair.com/archives/2016/10/22/yesterdays-ddos-attack-major-wake-call/

Simon, R. L. (2016, October 21). Will Hillary’s Cyber-idiots Get Us All Killed? Retrieved from https://pjmedia.com/diaryofamadvoter/2016/10/21/will-hillarys-cyber-idiots-get-us-all-killed/

“Smart” home devices used as weapons in website attack. (2016, October 22). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37738823

Team Register. (2016, September 27). 152k cameras in 990Gbps record-breaking dual DDoS. Retrieved from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/27/152463_hacked_cameras_deliver_990gbps_recordbreaking_dual_ddos/

The Canadian Press. (2016, October 22). Attacks that disrupted Twitter, Paypal, Spotify were just a dry run, hackers say. Retrieved October 23, 2016, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hackers-ddos-attacks-1.3817392

Turton, W. (2016, October 21). Today’s Brutal DDoS Attack Is the Beginning of a Bleak Future. Retrieved from http://gizmodo.com/todays-brutal-ddos-attack-is-the-beginning-of-a-bleak-f-1788071976

Verger, R. (2016, October 21). Mysterious Cyber Attacks Disrupt Twitter, Netflix, Spotify Service. Retrieved October 24, 2016, from http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/21/major-disruptions-online-as-cyber-attack-hits-internet-services-company.html

Williams, C. (2016, October 21). Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary. Retrieved from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/21/dyn_dns_ddos_explained/

Winer, D. (2016, October 15). We’re living on Caprica. Retrieved from http://scripting.com/2016/10/15/wereLivingOnCaprica.html