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Greg Evans
Jun 08, 2021
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At around 11 am on 8th June a huge internetoutage occurred affecting major news, social media, commerce and even government websites.
The UK government website was down as well as Amazon and Reddit. News sites such as the BBC, CNN, New York Times, Independent, Vice were also down as well as PayPal, Etsy Twitch and HBO Max. Pictures were failing to load as well.
The issue appears to have been a result of a problem as Fastly, a cloud-based computing service that provides services to many of these aforementioned websites.
A s you can imagine scenes on Twitter resembled something from a zombie apocalypse with pandemonium running wild and people asking ‘what do we do now?’
Told ya https://t.co/8DUvvABGzS— David Squires (@David Squires) 1623148196
With the internet down people flock to twitter for their news, which is the equivalent of looking in the fridge for… https://t.co/WP74skakdG— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) 1623148300
I love that Twitter is still up, but the service that handles it's emojis is down (ノ°Д°）ノ︵ ┻━┻ -— dan hett (@dan hett) 1623148489
Right, who Googled Google?— Craham Gorking (@Craham Gorking) 1623148566
Is this where we all go back to MySpace— Victoria Richards (@Victoria Richards) 1623148529
The internet: goes down Everyone: *let's see what twitter is saying*— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸 (@Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸) 1623148487
Trying to find out what’s going on with the internet by asking around in the foyer of Habbo Hotel— James Felton (@James Felton) 1623149320
BREAKING: The Internet.— Christopher Wylie 🏳️🌈 (@Christopher Wylie 🏳️🌈) 1623148698
If this internet outage persists and I'm forced to interact with a real human, there will be consequences.— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@Dmitry Grozoubinski) 1623149519
Where were you when the internet fell over? My advice, head to the winchester, have a pint and wait for it to blo… https://t.co/KLSzjKNpTF— Cale the LettuceHead (@Cale the LettuceHead) 1623148676
Of course, in a time of crisis, the internet loves nothing more than a good meme which is basically a coping method now, isn’t it?
Move @fastly and break things, am I right?— Joe Hart 🏳️🌈 (@Joe Hart 🏳️🌈) 1623146982
England have won 100% of their international trophies without a functioning internet— Duncan Alexander (@Duncan Alexander) 1623148300
Millennium bug was never going to sit the pandemic out— Lewis Goodall (@Lewis Goodall) 1623148494
Happy @CrapBroadband Day!!! https://t.co/Ko4MWb4Vho— Joe Lycett (@Joe Lycett) 1623148223
breaking news --> broken news— Rose Stokes (@Rose Stokes) 1623148142
The one responsible for what seems to be happening to the internet https://t.co/bk9OnRa9m7— Ross Miller (@Ross Miller) 1623148062
Half the internet right now 😂 #internetdown https://t.co/1QiUlsDiFW— Ross Kelly (@Ross Kelly) 1623148482
"BATTLE STATIONS! BATTLE STATIONS!! I AM CALLING BATTLE STATIONS!! THE INTERNET IS BROKEN!!! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN… https://t.co/A6m3mafIfO— Andydrewz™ 🏳️🌈💙 (@Andydrewz™ 🏳️🌈💙) 1623148613
The Internet right now: https://t.co/EqrK0UJTR5— Sharks Daily 🦈 #StopFinningEU (@Sharks Daily 🦈 #StopFinningEU) 1623150070
What did Jen do to the Internet? #CyberAttack #InternetShutdown https://t.co/Xo8L1Pr3Xd— James M (@James M) 1623149647
What is an internet, what is its net worth and who is its wife?— Nick Reilly (@Nick Reilly) 1623148433
‘So far so good’ says Dido Harding, on first day as head of global internet security.— Have I Got News For You (@Have I Got News For You) 1623147850
Internet goes out a day before Loki is released. Coincidence? https://t.co/yTUIC30jCm— Matthew Highton (@Matthew Highton) 1623149455
People think the internet is millions of websites but they’re actually all sitting on the back of like three massiv… https://t.co/CF0q6s1ZkI— Naveen Razik (@Naveen Razik) 1623148067
if I was the internet I would simply not crash— Fred Delicious (@Fred Delicious) 1623148571
Some websites even had to resort to publishing their news on a Google Doc.
Not only is The Verge currently a Google Doc, but it's a Google Doc that accidently got made editable by the public… https://t.co/n4LoZqAATe— Laura Kate Dale (@Laura Kate Dale) 1623148791
Even Ceefax has a brief resurrection.
Internet: "We're down! We're down! How will society survive??" Teletext: "tee hee hee..." https://t.co/UVaH96i59L— Pulp Librarian (@Pulp Librarian) 1623148904
Our thoughts with whoever is in charge at Fastly today.
Me on my first day at #Fastly: What does this button do? The internet: https://t.co/IYYEbDEC0n— Mark the Blogger #GWithTheT (@Mark the Blogger #GWithTheT) 1623149669
Needless to say, this was quite a few hours on the internet.