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

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

#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  

#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  

#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  

#20  Whhahahahahaaaa
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-08 17:19  

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

#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  

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

#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  

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

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

#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  

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

#11  No explanation heard or given.

A cesium hiccup?
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-08 14:30  

#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  

#9  
Posted by: Clem   2021-06-08 11:13  

#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  

#7  
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-06-08 11:01  

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

#5  The US is no longer a mighty nation.

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

#4  
Posted by: Clem   2021-06-08 10:47  

#3  Millions idled...
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-08 10:45  

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

#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  

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