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Online Banking Apps, such as ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage

Internet banking for Australian banks has been impacted as a global outage hits apps and websites.



Websites for major banks including ANZ and Commonwealth Bank were timing out for customers on Thursday afternoon.



Internet banking for Australian banks has gone down due to a global outage that affects apps and websites



Users reported that Westpac and Bank of Melbourne were also not available, as were banks in New Zealand.



A message on the ANZ app informed customers"Sorry, something went wrong. We are available 24/7 to assist you.



A message on the ANZ app told customers"Sorry, there was something wrong. We are always available to assist you should you have any concerns.



Some ATMs were reported to be offline The reports also stated that ATMs in stores were affected as well.



An issue at international content delivery network platform Akamai - which supplies the backbone of major online services - is understood to be the reason for the crash.



There were also reports of ATMs not being of action, and machines in stores also reporting an outage.



Data from downdetector.com.au showed the extent of the downtime. It affected all major banks and blue-chip companies like Telstra, Optus, and many others.



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



Services started to resume operations at 3.35pm on Thursday, roughly 90 minutes after initial reports of problems.



Despite the return of other sites Virgin Australia's website was not affected.



Australian CDN company peakhour.io said the latest outage hitting such major companies underscored the possibility that anyone could fall victim to an internet outage.



A Content Delivery Network is a global cloud-based computer network designed to improve the speed, security, and reliability of their customers' websites.



Peakhour co-founder Daniel D'Alessandro explained that CDNs often create multiple copies of their websites for their customers and share them and cache them all over the globe.



"People browsing a website will receive it from their nearest cache. This makes the website appear faster and more responsive, by removing performance constraints such as distance and bandwidth.



CDNs can also boost website reliability. Users are unlikely to be aware that the website is down, so long as the caches are functional.



'Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services as well blocking traffic from attacks closest to where it originates, long before it gets anyplace near the intended target.'



Hackers are often attempting to shut down websites and apps using the technique known as DDOS – distributed denial of service. This is when they cause a massive increase of traffic at weak points in the network, causing it to become overwhelmed.



He added, "Akamai is a venerable and well-respected company However, as we've seen two times in the last week, outages can happen to anyone.



"The fact that a number of major organizations and the vital services they offer across Australia could be affected simultaneously, regardless of cause is a signal that there is a pressing need to redeploy.
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'Companies routing their traffic through a third party whether it's a CDN, DDOS protection, or not, all require an alternative plan, just as with every other crucial component of their IT infrastructure.


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