Over 30 thousand sites are down. Major disservice caused by a “Service Provider”
At least 30,000 websites are down around the world. There appears to be a serious DNS or Domain Name System error that started shortly after 1100ET, around 5pm CET. DNS acts as an Internet telephone directory, translating website names into IP addresses.
The problem could come from the content distribution company Akamai Technologie s. A company note reads:
Investigating – We are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service. We are actively investigating the problem. If you have any questions or are impacted by this issue, please contact Akamai Technical Support. In the interest of time, we provide you with the most up-to-date information available, which is subject to changes, corrections and updates.
Some of the major websites with issues and outages include PlayStation Network, Fidelity, FedEx, Steam, UPS, Airbnb, Home Depot, and Amazon, according to Downdector.
It is unknown if the problems or outages are interrelated, but surely something is going on. Hacker attacks after Biden's accusations against China?
Financial services are also affected by the crash. For example, Fidelity is experiencing problems and outages in major metropolitan areas in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states and other cities in the US.
Even the FED remained offline
Curiously, all this also happens two weeks after the Polygon Internet attack exercise wanted by the World Economic Forum. What bad luck
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