Because Of Cloud Network Error, New York Times To The Guardian Falls

JAKARTA - Countless popular websites including overseas news outlets were inaccessible for an entire hour. This is because Fastly, a cloud storage service (CDN) company, is having problems with its website.

Allegedly, the website went down at 5.30 ET or 16.30 WIB for more than an hour. As a result, many websites have fallen from Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, GitHub, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal and news outlets CNN, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC and Financial Times.

Launching the CNN International page, Wednesday, June 9, Fastly immediately carried out network repairs. Because many websites that use its services cannot be accessed.

The collapse of the cloud network, at least has an impact in some states of the United States (US), Europe, Asia and South Africa. Regarding the disruption, Fastly made repairs on all of its servers.

In fact, the official website of the British government was also affected. Services that have been suspended because of this, including passport renewal, tax payment, or driving license issuance.

Fastly is a cloud platform that provides vital cloud computing services for many high-profile websites. There is a lot of content stored on servers all over the world.

It should be noted, Fastly is an important part of the internet infrastructure. Fastly acts as a proxy server and stores some of the uploaded data on the cloud computing system.