Internet outage renders major websites inaccessible
On Tuesday morning, the 8th of June, dozens of countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, etc. experienced an internet outage that rendered major websites like Amazon, Reddit, The Guardian, and even the UK’s government website, gov.uk, inaccessible. Many were surprised to see an error message on their screens after they attempted to view these popular sites. The outage lasted for an hour which caused many to think if a cyberattack was involved.
What Happened?
Major websites like Amazon, Reddit, CNN, The New York Times, Hulu, and others experienced an internet outage for an hour. The errors were mostly centered on websites that were generating plenty of traffic but the outage wasn’t universal. Users from Berlin were not affected by it which caused many to wonder if it was a targeted attack or not.
What Caused the Internet Outage?
Though there are some who speculated that this massive outage was caused by a cyberattack, the source of the problem was traced to Fastly. Fastly is a company that provides content network delivery service (CDN). When working, this service helps improve the speed as well as reliability of the internet to its users. The company was quick to admit on its status page that it was facing some problems. Although some websites, like BBC, which has its own backup system, the rest of the major sites that are using Fastly for its CDN service had to wait until the problem was fixed.
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