This is the third such major outage of this year. Earlier in June, outages were reported on social media, government and news websites across the world.
This is the third such major outage of this year.
Many big websites were plagued by outages on Thursday night. Many users around the world were not able to access these websites. According to internet outage tracker DownDetector, the outage started at around 8.55 pm on Thursday. Within five minutes, the reported number of people unable to access Zomato alone was around 3,000. Similar problems were going on with many other services as well.
About an hour after the outage was reported, Internet infrastructure provider Akamai also confirmed the outage. (By around 10.20 pm, Akamai was able to enable a fix to bring back normal operation). Nearly half of Global Down was affected by the interruption in service from content delivery and cloud services company Akamai. Akamai is the company that hosts a large portion of the Internet, including the assets of the Times Group.
The biggest websites that went down included the names of SBI, HDFC Bank, Zomato, Disney + Hotstar, PSN, Steam, Paytm. The list includes some of the biggest and most popular Indian and international brands as per Down Detector – Amazon, Instagram, WhatsApp, BSNL, SBI, HDFC Bank, Zomato, Disney+ Hotstar, PSN, Steam, Paytm, Discord, Google Maps, Google Meet, Microsoft, Swiggy, Google, Amazon Web Services and many more….
Gaming services were also badly affected during this period. Outage issues were reported from PlayStation Network, Steam, Call of Duty, Fortnite and certain other gaming brands.
What is the cause of global outage
The ‘Partial Outage’ faced by Akamai Technologies had caused a major part of the Global Internet to be down. Most websites rely on cloud service providers and content delivery networks (CDNs) to run their content. Such a defect occurs when a particular service provider has to face a technical glitch. With Akamai experiencing an interruption, all of its customers encountered problems loading websites automatically.
According to Akamai, the problem was caused by a problem with the Edge DNS service. The company said during the outage, “We are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service. We are actively investigating this issue. If you have any questions or are experiencing impact due to this issue, please contact Akamai Technical Support.”
what is edge dns
EDS DNS is a service that keeps websites, apps and services running smoothly and securely. DNS is a service that translates readable domain names into machine-readable IP addresses, links it to servers and delivers requested pages to a user’s phone, laptop, PC or tablet.
Third biggest outage of the year 2021
This is the third such big outage of the year. In June, outages were detected on social media, government and news websites around the world, with some reports pointing to a glitch at US-based cloud computing service provider Fastly.
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