This is what the host said.
Packet loss due to DDoS
Aug 29 2014 07:55:52 PM PTA short while ago, we saw several minutes of packet loss in Chicago due to a DDoS against our TS3 server in Chicago that caused problems due to its very high packet rate. We are working to mitigate this.Brief packet loss due to DDoS
Aug 29 2014 12:00:42 PM PTA short while ago, we saw brief packet loss in Chicago due to a DDoS against a customer that caused problems due to its very high packet rate. The target was immediately null-routed by our system, but these null-routes take up to around a minute for upstreams to implement sometimes, leading to slightly longer effects.
