Huge mass outage takes websites offline

[alimac]

A MASS outage has taken banks, streaming sites and even the PlayStation Network offline for thousands of users

PlayStation, Lloyds, HSBC, Channel 4 DOWN – mass outage takes websites offline

also
Banks, brokerages, PSN, the Steam Store, and more went down in massive internet outage

Internet sites coming back online following massive DNS outage

Websites back up after brief global outage linked to Akamai

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Akamai Edge DNS and GTM Status

 

[Grimeire]

I had never heard of akamai till like a month ago when my manager mentioned them to me. Even after him saying it and me looking them up i didnt think they were that big.

After this i can see they are huge not sure are they going to stay that way after this issue.

 

[spleenmuncha]

Not sure I noticed anything went off. Usually, it's pretty obvious.