Online Banking Apps Including ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage

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



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



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



Bank of Melbourne and Westpac were also reported to be inaccessible to customers as well as banks in New Zealand.



Customers were informed via the ANZ app that "Something was wrong." If you need help contact us anytime.'



Customers were informed via the ANZ app that "Something went wrong." We are available 24/7 to assist you should you have any concerns.



A few ATMs were reported to be out of action The reports also stated that in-store machines were also affected by the outage.



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



Some ATMs were also being reported out of action too and reports of in-store machines also failing in the outage



Data on internet watchdog downdetector.com.au revealed the extent of the outage, 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 to normal around 3.35pm on Thursday, about 90 minutes after initial reports of problems.



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



Australian CDN company peakhour.io reported that the most recent issue that hit large companies highlighted the possibility that anyone could be affected by an outage in the network.



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



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



'People browsing a website will be served from their closest cache, making the website appear faster and more responsive by removing the limitations of distance and bandwidth between the client and server.



CDNs can also boost the reliability of websites. Users won't often notice that a website is down, so long as the caches are functional.



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



Hackers often try to take down websites and applications using a technique called DDOS – distributed denial of services. This is how they generate a huge surge of traffic at weak points in an internet network to overwhelm it.



He added, "Akamai is a venerable and well-respected business however, as we've witnessed two times this week, outages are a possibility for anyone.



"The fact that so many major organisations and the critical services they offer across Australia could be affected at the same time, regardless of the cause is a signal that there is a dire 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, just as with every other crucial piece of their IT infrastructure.

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