Websites Down Several major websites down after massive internet outage
London: Several major websites across the globe, including The Guardian, is currently down.
Amazon, Reddit and Twitch are also some of the major websites that are down.
The UK government website - gov.uk - was also down as were the Financial Times, the Guardian and the New York Times, reports BBC.
Affected websites displayed the message: "Error 503 Service Unavailable", the British website reported.
Cloud computing provider Fastly, which underpins a lot of major websites, is appearing to be the reason behind the trouble.
We identified a service configuration that triggered disruptions across our POPs globally and have disabled that configuration. Our global network is coming back online. Continued status is available at https://t.co/RIQWX0LWwl
— Fastly (@fastly) June 8, 2021
In a tweet, the firm said: "We identified a service configuration that triggered disruptions across our POPs globally and have disabled that configuration. Our global network is coming back online."
The Guardian's website and app are currently being affected by a wider internet outage and will be back as soon as possible
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 8, 2021
The Guardian earlier tweeted: "The Guardian's website and app are currently being affected by a wider internet outage and will be back as soon as possible."
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