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Online Banking Apps, which Include ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage

Internet banking for Australian banks has been shut down as a global outage affects websites and apps.
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On Thursday afternoon major banks like ANZ and Commonwealth Bank were displaying their websites for customers.



As a result of a global outage hitting apps and websites, internet banking for Australian banks has been affected



Bank of Melbourne and Westpac were also reported to be unavailable to users, as well as banks in New Zealand.



Customers were notified via the ANZ app that "Something was wrong." If you need assistance, give us a call anytime.'



A message on the ANZ app said to customers"Sorry, there was something wrong. If you require assistance contact us anytime'



A few ATMs were reported out of action as well and reports of machines in stores failing in the outage.



A problem at the international content delivery network platform Akamai which provides the backbone for major online services - is believed to be the reason for the crash.



Some ATMs were reported as out of service too with reports of ATMs in-store not working during the outage.



The data on the Internet watchdog downdetector.com.au revealed the extent of the downtime and the number of banks affected, as well as blue chip companies such as Telstra and Optus.



Amazon, Minecraft, Australia Post and the NBN website were also the victims of the crash, according to the website.



Services started to resume service at 3.35pm on Thursday, about 90 minutes after the first reports of problems.



Despite the return of other sites, Virgin Australia's website wasn't affected.



Peakhour.io, an Australian CDN company, said that the most recent outage affecting these large companies highlights the fact that any network can fail.



A Content Delivery Network is a global cloud-based network that connects computers to increase the speed security, reliability, and security of websites that serve their customers.



'CDNs typically create many copies of their customers' websites , and then spread them out and cache them all across the globe according to peakhour co-founder Daniel D'Alessandro



"People visiting a website get it from their closest cache. This makes the website appear faster and more responsive by eliminating performance limitations like distance and bandwidth.



CDNs can also increase website performance Users will not be aware that the website goes down, so long as the caches are operational.



"Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services that block attacks near to where they're from. This stops it from reaching the intended target.



Hackers will often attempt to shut down websites and apps using a technique called DDOS – distributed denial of service. This is how they cause a massive increase of traffic at certain weak points in the network, causing it to become overwhelmed.



He said, "Akamai is a venerable and well-known company, but as we've seen two times in the past week, outages are possible for anyone.



"The fact that so many large organizations and the crucial services they provide across Australia can all be down simultaneously, regardless of the reason is a sign that there is a critical need to redeploy.



'Companies routing their traffic through a third-party, whether it's a CDN, DDOS protection, or not, all require a Plan B, like any other vital piece of their IT infrastructure.


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