Massive downfall of media, networks and government websites on the internet: they investigate a possible cyberattack

Dozens of major news portals and streaming platforms were inaccessible Monday after the fall of a major digital service provider.

The decision affected media such as New York Times, The Guardian, chain CNN O The world of France.

Also very popular portals like Twitch and Reddit, as well as many official pages of the british government, whose Twitter account reported: “We are aware of the issues with the Gov.uk page, which means that users may not be able to access the site.” In turn, trying to consult the page of the White House a message appeared saying that the portal “was not working”.

Additionally, there have been drops in streaming platforms such as HBO Max, Hulu and Spotify.

They all use the same CDN (Content Delivery Network) Quickly. The site specializing in the detection of failures of this type Down Detector pointed out that there was “a major fault at Fastly”, an American provider of computer services.

The provider said on its website at 9:58 am GMT that it was investigating a “potential impact on the performance of its CDN services.” After 30 minutes, he posted five updates with the same message: Investigations continue.

At 10:44 am, the technical team reports that the problem has been identified. Fifteen minutes later, and almost an exact hour after the first report, they said that the solution was being implemented, but that customers may continue to experience download delays while service is being restored.

Gradually, the portals became accessible again.

Quickly deliver vital but stealthy cloud services to many leading websites, helping them store or “cache” content on servers around the world, allowing users to get more content quickly and transparently instead of having to access the original site server.

According to the Fastly report, the impact has been virtually global.

Asia / Pacific: (Auckland (AKL), Brisbane (BNE), Dubai (FJR), Hong Kong (HKG), Melbourne (MEL), Osaka (ITM), Perth (PER), Singapore (SIN), Sydney (SYD) , Tokyo (HND), Tokyo (TYO), Wellington (WLG), Singapore (QPG), Tokyo (NRT))

South America: Buenos Aires (EZE), Bogota (BOG), Curitiba (CWB), Rio de Janeiro (GIG), Santiago (SCL), Sāo Paulo (CGH), Sāo Paulo (GRU), Lima (LIM)

Europe: Amsterdam (AMS), Copenhagen (CPH), Dublin (DUB), Frankfurt (FRA), Frankfurt (HHN), Helsinki (HEL), London (LCY), London (LHR), London (LON), Madrid (MAD )), Manchester (MAN), Marseille (MRS), Milan (MXP), Oslo (OSL), Paris (CDG), Stockholm (BMA), Vienna (VIE), Munich (MUC)

North America: Ashburn (BWI), Ashburn (DCA), Ashburn (IAD), Ashburn (WDC), Atlanta (FTY), Atlanta (PDK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (CHI), Chicago (MDW), Chicago (ORD), Chicago (PWK), Columbus (CMH), Columbus (LCK), Dallas (DAL), Dallas (DFW), Denver (DEN), Houston (IAH), Jacksonville (JAX), Kansas City (MCI), Los Angeles (BUR), Los Angeles (LAX), Los Angeles (LGB), Miami (MIA), Minneapolis (MSP), Minneapolis (STP), Montreal (YUL), Nueva York (LGA), Newark (EWR), Palo Alto (PAO), Phoenix (PHX), Portland (PDX), San José (SJC), Seattle (SEA), St. Louis (STL), Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR)

South Africa: Cape Town (CPT), Johannesburg (JNB)

India: Chennai (MAA), Mumbai (BOM), New Delhi (DEL)