Cyber War: A nationwide “denial of use” internet attack yesterday morning clogged access to some of the biggest and most influential websites; Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit, Etsy, SoundCloud and The New York Times.

No one has claimed responsibility.

Such an attack is created by causing thousands of computers and devices to flood the websites with more connections than they can handle. Cyber experts say this attack was carried out by taking command of cameras, routers, and even baby monitors hooked to the web.

The website WikiLeaks, which has been releasing hacked emails from the Democratic presidential campaign, tweeted two cryptic messages, one of which said, “The Obama administration should not have attempted to misuse its instruments of state to stop criticism of its ruling party candidate.”

E Minus 17: Hillary Clinton campaigned in Ohio yesterday, a sign that she’s confident she will win the election and that she’s now attempting to run the table. Ohio is a dead heat and in a tighter race she wouldn’t even try.

She wasn’t subtle in her put down of Donald Trump. “We know in our country the difference between leadership and dictatorship,” she said.

More than 3 million Americans have already voted and analysts who study demographics and voter registration say that Democrats have already gained ground over their 2012 performance in North Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, and even Utah

The RealClear Politics average of polls has Clinton leading by 6.2 percent. Her high is 12 percent; her low, minus 1. She’s leading in the usually red states of Arizona, and in Florida.

Bridgegate: A former aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie testified in court yesterday that she thought the 2013 closing of lanes on the George Washington Bridge was for a traffic study to solve problems and that the governor knew about it. Bridget Kelly, who’s on trial for her part in the incident, said she was a relatively new staffer trying to please a sometimes angry boss who once threw a water bottle at her.

Kelly said that David Wildstein, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority, told her that local bridge entry lanes from Ft. Lee were causing backup on the main highway and he wanted to know whether commuters could do without them.

But the theory of the prosecution is that Christie was punishing the Democratic mayor of Ft. Lee, who refused to endorse the governor for re-election.

Kelly may have difficulty reconciling the tone of her emails at the time with her defense. One message said, “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee,” and another said, “Is it wrong that I am smiling?”

The Spy Who Loved Data: An NSA contractor who was found to have hoarded thousands of secret documents at home and on multiple computers, was ordered held without bail yesterday. The judge said there was no evidence that Harold T. Martin III had shared the information with a foreign government, but he’s considered a risk for running away. Martin may have mental health issues.

Kicked Off: The NFL has suspended NY Giants kicker Josh Brown after an uproar over a one-game suspension for physically abusing his wife. Critics said the one-game layoff didn’t meet the league’s zero-tolerance policy for domestic abuse.

The odd thing about the case is that Brown’s admissions were contained in emails and journals written as part of a marriage counseling exercise that ended up in the investigative file kept by the police in King County in WA.  He wrote, “I have physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally been a repulsive man.”

The League and the Giants say they didn’t know the full extent of what Brown did until his criminal case was resolved and the police file was released. Brown and his wife have divorced.

The Biz Page: The communications giant AT&T is reported to be in the final stages of a move to take over another giant, Time Warner, which owns HBO, CNN, and the Warner Bros. movie studio. The communications and what are unfortunately called “content” companies are considering mergers to grow bigger as new digital forms of entertainment and information delivery undermine their business. It doesn’t seem to occur to them to just lower the cable bill.

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