Tom Branna, Editorial Director06.08.21
Was your favorite news website offline this morning? No, it wasn't a ransomware attack. The problem appeared to be related to an outage at Fastly, a cloud service provider, which reported a widespread failure. The company says it has identified and fixed the issue but many websites continued to be unavailable for some users as of 7am ET. Fastly helps improve load times for websites and provides other services to internet sites, apps and platforms, including a large global server network. Fastly customers include Twitter, Reddit, CNN, the Guardian, the New York Times and Target. It also provides content delivery for Twitch, Pinterest, HBO Max, Hulu, Reddit, Spotify and other services. The outage affected dozens of countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as South Africa.
According to tech experts, major website and app outages happen from time to time and typically don't last long. Internet service providers, content delivery networks and other hosting services are built with multiple redundancies and a global network of backup servers designed to reduce disruptions when normal services fail.
According to tech experts, major website and app outages happen from time to time and typically don't last long. Internet service providers, content delivery networks and other hosting services are built with multiple redundancies and a global network of backup servers designed to reduce disruptions when normal services fail.