The websites of some of the world’s biggest banks, airlines, and gaming services are down following a massive outage.
Amazon, Airbnb, and UPS are among countless sites that have gone offline for many users.
Gamers have been hit particularly hard. Users of the PlayStation Network, Steam, and Fortnite have all reported network issues.
DownDetector, which tracks outages around the world, is still going strong though:
Where the heck is@downdetectorhosting their platform?! They’re the only ones I can depend on to be up when there is a large scale outage.pic.twitter.com/pZ83hdKGPi
— Ken Nalbone (@KenNalbone)July 22, 2021
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The source appears to have been caused by an issue at the Akamai Edge DNS service, and some sites are now slowly coming back online.
We have implemented a fix for this issue, and based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.
— Akamai Technologies (@Akamai)July 22, 2021
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Story byThomas Macaulay
Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.
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