LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’June 20, 2013 - 09:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Business-focused social network LinkedIn is continuing to recover from a DNS error that took the site offline for an hour. The outage began when the popular service’s homepage was replaced by a domain sales page, The Next Web reports. While the outage appears to have stopped, some users are still saying (via Twitter) that they cannot access linkedin.com, although none are seeing the incorrect page, TNW says LinkedIn explained the outage was caused by “a DNS issue”, but provided no further details. Others have speculated that there may have been more malicious factors at play. “Our site is now recovering for some members. We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted. App.net co-founder Bryan Berg suggested that the service was “hijacked” with all traffic sent to a network hosted by India-based Confluence Networks. Furthermore, due to the lack of SSL security on the site, Berg says that could have meant if you visited the page “your browser sent your long-lived session cookies in plain text” — potentially enabling third-parties to access user information and accounts. However, according to TNW, a Hacker News user claiming to work with LinkedIn’s network operations center argued that the outage was down to a mistake from LinkedIn’s DNS provider, which accidentally pointed the website’s homepage to a domain parking page. Rather amusingly that put the linkedin.com domain up for sale. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Turkey restoring 500-year-old Surp Sarkis Armenian Church During the program, Sahak Maşalyan, the Patriarch of Türkiye's Armenians, inspected the historic church and offered prayers. Cumulative deposit on flexible terms: Byblos Bank Armenia's new offer Once the deposit is fixed, it can be topped up at any time, and interest will be accrued quarterly. BSEC Secretary General due in Armenia on July 1 On July 1, the Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) Lazar Comanescu will pay a working visit to Armenia. Armenia win 3 gold medals at European Junior Boxing Championships Armenia has three world champions after the European Junior Boxing Championships held in Sarajevo over the past week. |