Major banks, airlines hit in global online outage linked to US-based Akamai
- The hour-long global blackout, which was traced to US-based tech provider Akamai, hit global organisations including Delta Air Lines and ANZ bank
- The Hong Kong Stock Exchange said on Twitter its sites were facing technical issues, but in another post 17 minutes later, said its websites were back to normal
Major banks and airlines were among businesses hit by a fresh global online outage on Thursday, with the problem traced to US-based tech provider Akamai.
An hour-long blackout hit a number of US airlines and several Australian financial firms as well as other companies dotted around the world, with angry customers unable to access websites and mobile apps.
“We are aware of the issue and actively working to restore services as soon as possible,” an Akamai spokesperson said.
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday afternoon said in a post on Twitter that its site was facing technical issues and that it was investigating. It said in another post 17 minutes later that its websites were back to normal.
American, Delta, United and Southwest airlines were among those affected, while the issue appeared to be more prolonged in Australia -- where problems struck mid-afternoon as much of the world slept.
Australia’s largest financial firm Commonwealth Bank told AFP that it and many of the country’s major lenders had been hit.
The outages, which began around 2.10pm Sydney time, also hit Australia’s postal service and Virgin Australia.