Major internet outage takes out millions of online services

Northern Ireland's vaccination registration website is also down

Author: Ross TilleyPublished 8th Jun 2021
Last updated 8th Jun 2021

Some of the world's biggest websites and services were taken offline after a major internet outage on Tuesday morning.

Websites from Amazon, Twitch, eBay and Reddit vanished shortly after 10am.

The outage also impacted UK government websites, including the vaccination registration site for Northern Ireland, although this has now returned.

Whilst services have started to return, access is intermittent and slower than normal.

The outage has been traced back to content delivery network, Fastly.

A message on Fastly website confirms that a 'Global CDN Disruption' has been identified and a fix is being implemented.'