Not so Fastly: why a slew of websites suddenly went offline

Content delivery platform Fastly’s hour-long outage shows internet’s reliance on a handful of tech firms

09 June 2021 - 20:53 By Nate Lanxon and Jackie Davalos

The hour-long Fastly outage on Tuesday was a reminder of how exposed the world’s biggest websites are to the impact of disruptions ranging from simple human error to coordinated cyberattack...

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