Some of the biggest names on the internet were temporarily knocked offline by a DDoS attack that targeted DNS provider Dyn early Friday morning. Twitter, GitHub, Etsy, Shopify, the New York Times and the Boston Globe were among those hit. The majority of the ill effects were felt in the Eastern U.S. and that the main impact is to its managed DNS customers in the area. Dyn said that its services were restored and running normally as of 9:35 a.m. EST. Theres no word as yet about the perpetrators or motive for the attack.”]