Asbury Park Press

If you haven't noticed already, this internet is all kinds of messed up today.

Music, social media and other sites were inaccessible Friday morning around the same time that a hacker or hackers unknown attacked a Domain Name Server host, according to a Gizmodo report.

The attack began around 7:10 a.m., according to an incident report from Dyn, a host for domain name servers for several major websites including Twitter, Reddit and Spotify.

Gizmodo reported that the hacker attack and accessibility issues were likely related.

So right now you're probably thinking...what does all of this even mean. Here's a breakdown.

What is a DNS?

According to Gizmodo a DNS, or Domain Name Servers, is basically the "Internet’s phone book." A DNS gets your request to go to a certain website and makes sure you get to your intended destination. So in today's case, the DNS server that connects you to some of your favorite websites is down, which is why you can't get to them.

Which sites are being impacted?

Well, there's a lot, but here are some of the big ones that Gizmodo is reporting:

Twitter

Reddit

Spotify

Esty

Iheart.com (iHeartRadio)

Github

PayPal

Wired.com

People.com

Urbandictionary.com

Pinterest

Grubhub

Starbucks rewards/gift cards

Storify.com

CNN

When will this be fixed?

Gizmodo is reporting that some websites are beginning to come back, but the problem us not fully resolved. Check out the statement from Dyn below.