Content network delivery provider Akamai says global outage hitting banks, airlines ‘not caused by system update or cyberattack’

An internet outage affecting

An internet outage affecting hundreds of organizations, including airlines and banks, was not caused by a system update or a cyberattack, US-based content delivery network provider Akamai has said.

Cloud services run by Akamai went down on Thursday morning, affecting clients including US airlines such as United and Southwest, as well as Australia’s largest financial firm Commonwealth Bank and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s website.

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