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Online Banking Apps Including ANZ and Commonwealth Downin Outage

As a result of an outage in the world Internet banking has been affected by Australian banks.



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



In the wake of an outage across the globe that hit websites and apps, internet banking for Australian banks has been affected



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



Customers were notified via the ANZ app that "Something was wrong." We are always available to assist you.



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Certain ATMs were reported be inactive The reports also stated that ATMs in stores were also affected by the outage.



The crash is believed to be caused by an issue at Akamai, an international content delivery network that supplies the foundation of major online services.



There were also reports of ATMs not being of service, as well as 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, as well as blue chip companies like Telstra and Optus.



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



Services started to come back online around 3.35pm on Thursday, about 90 minutes after initial reports of issues.



However Virgin Australia's website remained down despite the return of other sites.



Australian CDN company peakhour.io said that 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 network of computers designed to improve the speed, security, and reliability of their customers' websites.



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



"People browsing a website will get it from their closest cache. This makes the site appear faster and more responsive by eliminating performance limitations such as distance and bandwidth.



CDNs can also improve website reliability. Users will not often be aware that the website is down, so long as the caches remain functional.



"Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services, which block the attack traffic close to where it's from. This prevents it from reaching the intended target.



However, hackers are often able to bring apps and websites down through a method known as DDOS - distributed denial of service. In this, they orchestrate a massive surge of traffic at specific weak points in an internet network in an attempt to overload it.



He added: 'Akamai is a reputable company and is highly regarded worldwide However, as we've witnessed twice now in the last week, outages can happen to anyone.



"The fact that so many major organizations and the vital services they offer across Australia are all down at the same time, regardless of the cause is a signal that there is a dire need to redeploy.



Companies that route their traffic through a third party, whether it be a CDN or DDOS protection, all require an A-Plan, just like every other important piece in their IT infrastructure.


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