Several major websites briefly down after apparent internet outage

cincylink — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:18:44 +0000

The web pages of several major companies including Amazon, AT&T, UPS and US Bank were briefly impacted by an apparent outage Thursday. According to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks internet outages, the problems began for several websites late Thursday morning. The cause of the outages is not known at this time. Internet company Akamai acknowledged the outage on its website saying they "are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service and that they are "actively investigating the issue."As services began to get back online, Akamai tweeted, "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."

The web pages of several major companies including Amazon, AT&T, UPS and US Bank were briefly impacted by an apparent outage Thursday.

According to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks internet outages, the problems began for several websites late Thursday morning.

The cause of the outages is not known at this time. Internet company Akamai acknowledged the outage on its website saying they "are aware of an emerging issue with the Edge DNS service and that they are "actively investigating the issue."

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Note: A number of websites and online services are currently facing international outages.

The incident is not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering, but originates with the Akamai Edge DNS service. pic.twitter.com/BTmRmoyV9m

— NetBlocks (@netblocks) July 22, 2021

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Due to a widespread internet outage impacting a large number of pages across the internet, the eMoney platform and associated sites are experiencing connectivity issues, although service seems to be recovering. We appreciate your patience!

— eMoney Advisor (@eMoneyAdvisor) July 22, 2021

As services began to get back online, Akamai tweeted, "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."

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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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Several major websites briefly down after apparent internet outage