Online Banking Apps, which Include ANZ And Commonwealth Downin Outage

As a result of a global outage Internet banking has been affected by Australian banks.

The websites of major banks like ANZ and Commonwealth Bank were timing out for customers on Thursday afternoon.

As a result of a global outage hitting websites and apps, online banking for Australian banks has been affected

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

A message on the ANZ app informed customers"Sorry, something went wrong. If you need help, give us a call anytime.'

A message on the ANZ app told customers"Sorry, there was something wrong. We are available 24/7 to help you if you have any concerns.

Some ATMs were reported to be inactive, and reports also claimed that machines in store were also affected by the outage.

A problem at the international content delivery network Akamai which provides the backbone of major online services - is believed to be the reason for the crash.

There were also reports of ATMs being out of service, with in-store machines also reported an outage.

Information from the 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 among the victims of the crash, according to 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 websites.

Peakhour.io is an Australian CDN company, stated that the latest outage affecting these large companies highlights the fact that any network could fail.

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

'CDNs typically create many copies of their customers' websites and store them in caches and distribute them around the world according to peakhour co-founder Daniel D'Alessandro

People who visit a site will be served from their closest cache, making the site appear more responsive and faster because it eliminates the performance limitations of distance and bandwidth between the server and client.

CDNs can also boost website reliability. Users won't often be aware that the website is down, so long as the caches remain operational.
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"Many CDN providers also offer cyber security services, blocking attack traffic near where it's from. This prevents it from reaching the intended target.

Hackers are often attempting to disable websites and apps using the technique known as DDOS – distributed denial of service. This is where they create a massive surge of traffic at certain weak points of a network to overload it.

He added, "Akamai is a venerable and well-respected company however, as we've witnessed two times now in the past week, outages are a possibility for anyone.

'The fact that so many key major organisations, and the critical services they deliver across Australia could be affected in a single time, regardless of reason, is a sign of a pressing need for redundancy.

Companies that route their traffic through a third party whether it's a CDN, DDOS protection, or any other reason, all require an alternative plan, just as with every other crucial piece of their IT infrastructure.