Countless popular websites have been affected by the issues, including: - Amazon - Spotify - Reddit - Netflix - gov.uk - PayPal - Twitch - Stack Overflow - GitHub - Hulu - HBO Max - Quora - Vimeo - Shopify - Stripe - CNN - The Guardian - The New York Times - BBC - Financial Times AdvertisementHundreds of websites worldwide crashed this morning following a massive internet outage – with the UK government, Amazon and Spotify among those experiencing issues. The problem was caused by the US firm Fastly, a content delivery network (CDN) company which helps users view website content more quickly. Hundreds of websites worldwide crashed this morning following a massive internet outage – with the UK government, Spotify and Amazon among those experiencing issues. A number of the affected websites had earlier begun to confirm that the issue was linked to Fastly. Similar issues have affected Amazon Web Services, another huge cloud computing provider, in the past.

Source: Daily Mail June 08, 2021 10:13 UTC