[CRNpolyfluoric]

Dyn claims that the attack originated "mostly" in eastern USA, although that seems unlikely. since their target was in that vicinity. This makes peercoin and other alternative DNS solutions much more attractive to people. Bruce Schneier offered this non-analysis:

“Probing” refers to a specially calibrated kind of attack, one that’s designed to take advantage of an individual website’s precise security weaknesses. “We don't know who is doing this, but it feels like a large nation state. China or Russia would be my first guesses,” Schneier wrote.

Hahahahahahahahah. Or any old troll with a swoll botnet on deck.
Poly