Online Banking Apps Including ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage
Due to an outage in the world, internet banking has been affected by Australian banks.
The websites of major banks like ANZ and Commonwealth Bank were timing out for customers on Thursday afternoon.
Internet banking for Australian banks has been shut down as a global outage hits websites and apps
Bank of Melbourne and Westpac were also reported to be inaccessible to users and banks in New Zealand.
A message on the ANZ app said to customers: 'Sorry, something went wrong. We are available 24/7 to assist you.
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A few ATMs were reported out of action as well with reports of in-store machines also not working during the outage.
The crash is believed to be caused by an issue at Akamai which is an international content delivery network platform that supplies the core of the major online services.
There were also reports of ATMs being out of action, and machines in stores also reported an outage.
Data on internet watchdog downdetector.com.au revealed the extent of the downtime which affected all major banks affected plus blue chip companies such as Telstra and Optus.
Amazon, Minecraft, Australia Post and the NBN website were also victims of the crash, according to the website. Cubepack88
Services began to come back online about 3.35pm on Thursday, approximately 90 minutes after the initial reports of problems.
However, Virgin Australia's website was down despite the return of other sites.
Peakhour.io is an Australian CDN company, stated that the most recent outage affecting such large companies underscores the fact that any network could fail.
A Content Delivery Network is a global cloud-based computer network designed to enhance the speed, security and reliability of their customers' websites.
Peakhour co-founder Daniel D'Alessandro explained that CDNs often create many copies of their websites for their customers and distribute them and cache them all over the world.
"People who visit a site will receive it from their nearest cache. This makes the site appear faster and more responsive by eliminating performance constraints such as distance and bandwidth.
CDNs can also improve website reliability Users will not notice if the actual website goes down, so long as the caches are operational.
Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services too blocking traffic from attacks closest to the source, long before it gets anywhere near the target.'
However, hackers often attempt to bring websites and apps down through a method known as DDOS (distributed denial of service. In this, they orchestrate a massive surge of traffic at certain weak points on a network in a bid to overwhelm it.
The CEO added: "Akamai is a venerable company and well respected globally however, as we've seen twice in the past week, outages can happen to anyone.
"The fact that a number of major organizations and the vital services they provide across Australia could be affected simultaneously, regardless of cause is a signal that there is a dire need to redeploy.
'Companies that redirect their traffic through a third party or a CDN or DDOS protection, all need a Plan A, just like any other crucial piece in their IT infrastructure.
