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Online Banking Apps, Including ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage

Internet banking for Australian banks has been impacted due to a global outage that affects websites and apps.



On Thursday afternoon major banks like ANZ and Commonwealth Bank were displaying their websites to customers.



Due to a global outage hitting websites and apps, internet banking for Australian banks has been affected



Bank of Melbourne and Westpac were also reported as not accessible for customers and banks in New Zealand.



Customers were notified via the ANZ app that "Something was wrong." If you need help you can call us anytime.'



Customers were notified via the ANZ app that "Something went wrong." We are available 24/7 to help you if you have any questions.



Certain ATMs were reported be out of action The reports also stated that machines in store were affected as well.



A problem with the global content delivery network platform Akamai which provides the backbone for major online services - is understood to be involved in the crash.



Some ATMs were also being reported out of action too, with reports of ATMs in stores malfunctioning during the outage.



Data on Internet watchdog downdetector.com.au revealed the extent of the downtime, with all major banks affected as well as blue chip companies such as Telstra and Optus.



Amazon, Minecraft, Australia Post and the NBN website were also victims of the crash, as per the website.



Services began to return online around 3.35pm on Thursday, approximately 90 minutes after the initial reports of problems.
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Despite the return of other websites Virgin Australia's website wasn't affected.



Australian CDN company peakhour.io said that the latest downtime that affected major companies underlined the possibility that anyone could fall victim to an internet outage.



A Content Delivery Network is a global cloud-based network that connects computers in order to improve the speed security, reliability, and security of websites that they offer to their customers.



The majority of CDNs create multiple copies of their customers' websites and store them in caches and distribute them around the world,' explained peakhour co-founder Daniel D'Alessandro



People who visit a site will be served from their nearest cache, making the website appear more responsive and faster by removing the limitations of distance and bandwidth between the server and the client.



CDNs can also boost website reliability. Users will not often notice that a website is down for a while, as long as the caches are in operation.



Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services as well blocking attack traffic close to the source in the first place, before it gets anyplace near the target.'



However, hackers are often able to bring apps and websites down using a technique known as DDOS which stands for distributed denial of service. In this, they orchestrate a mass surge of traffic at weak points on the network in order to overload it.



He said, "Akamai is a venerable and well-respected business However, as we've seen two times in the last week, outages are a possibility for anyone.



"The fact that so many large organizations and the crucial services they offer across Australia can all be down simultaneously, regardless of cause is a signal that there is a pressing need to redeploy.



'Companies that send their traffic through a third-party such as a CDN or DDOS protection, all need a Plan A, just like any other crucial component of their IT infrastructure.


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