Bank, airline web outage 'not caused' by cyberattack


A global online outage at major banks and airlines on June 17 was caused by a problem with tech provider Akamai, one of the firms affected has confirmed. — AFP

A major online outage that hit bank and airline websites on both sides of the Pacific was not caused by a cyberattack, the tech provider responsible said Friday.

In a statement, US-based Akamai said around 500 of its customers were briefly knocked offline on Thursday because of a problem with one of its online security products.

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