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2021-06-08 Cyber
The day the internet broke: Hundreds of websites worldwide including CNN, NYTimes, Amazon and Reddit go DOWN after outage at US server company Fastly
WHICH SITES WERE AFFECTED

Spotify

Reddit

Netflix

Gov.uk

White House

PayPal

Twitch

Stack Overflow

CNN

New York Times

The Guardian

The Verge

Hulu

HBO Max

Quora

Vimeo

Shopify

Stripe

BBC

Financial Times
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 09:30|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 The US is no longer a mighty nation. Much bigger negative situations are in planning for sure for this generation of Americans.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-08 09:57||   2021-06-08 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 I copied the internet to a floppy disk. Everything ok.
Posted by European Conservative 2021-06-08 10:38||   2021-06-08 10:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Millions idled...
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 10:45||   2021-06-08 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 10:47||   2021-06-08 10:47|| Front Page Top

#5 The US is no longer a mighty nation.

Mightier than all the alternatives.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-06-08 10:55||   2021-06-08 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Hackers Breached Colonial Pipeline Using Compromised Password
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 11:01||   2021-06-08 11:01|| Front Page Top

#7 
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-06-08 11:01||   2021-06-08 11:01|| Front Page Top

#8 In case no one eles noticed.
WWV and NIST WERE NOT IN SYNC
for brief period a few days ago

No explaination heard or given.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-06-08 11:01||   2021-06-08 11:01|| Front Page Top

#9 
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 11:13||   2021-06-08 11:13|| Front Page Top

#10 A re-reminder.
A white house cabinet member during the pipeline hack strongly suggested the US Internet needed to be Federally monitored and controlled, because its national vidal resource.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-06-08 13:07||   2021-06-08 13:07|| Front Page Top

#11 No explanation heard or given.

A cesium hiccup?
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 14:30||   2021-06-08 14:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Congress just got ransomwared.
Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-06-08 14:34||   2021-06-08 14:34|| Front Page Top

#13 the US Internet needed to be Federally monitored and controlled

Controlled, it seems obvious, by a subsidiary of the US Post Office, predecessor to the internet.
Posted by Bobby 2021-06-08 15:18||   2021-06-08 15:18|| Front Page Top

#14 Clem got a comment pulled?
Posted by Raj 2021-06-08 16:47||   2021-06-08 16:47|| Front Page Top

#15 /\ Weren't by me. Might have been in error.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-08 16:49||   2021-06-08 16:49|| Front Page Top

#16 /\ Wow, yeah...that's ridiculous...no profanity, nothing but a one-line opinion.

If the 'Burg is getting like Twitter or Farcebook, I'll send my money elsewhere.
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 16:52||   2021-06-08 16:52|| Front Page Top

#17 There are no "errors", B.
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 16:53||   2021-06-08 16:53|| Front Page Top

#18 Sometimes a MOD hit the wrong button. I've done it myself a few times. Stay with us.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-08 17:15||   2021-06-08 17:15|| Front Page Top

#19 No profanity? What the fuck's wrong with you? :-)
Posted by Raj 2021-06-08 17:18||   2021-06-08 17:18|| Front Page Top

#20 Whhahahahahaaaa
Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-08 17:19||   2021-06-08 17:19|| Front Page Top

#21 Well, I hear you, B., but I don't buy it. My post was from around 1115 EDT but got deleted hours later. I also don't see any mea culpa. Oh well, Silicon Valley now has a new member called The Rantburg.
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 18:28||   2021-06-08 18:28|| Front Page Top

#22 To Raj: I hate to say it, but I think the Bruins blew it in Game #4. Maybe I'll be surprised (I like Barry Trotz but f'in can't STAND the Islanders), but I am not confident.
Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 18:31||   2021-06-08 18:31|| Front Page Top

#23 wasn't me. Hard day at work then I enjoyed the afternoon being broken in by a new CPA/Tax/Bookkeeper
Posted by Frank G 2021-06-08 20:36||   2021-06-08 20:36|| Front Page Top

#24 Frank, are you a whiney troll pruner?
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 22:11||   2021-06-08 22:11|| Front Page Top

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