Content delivery networks, or content distribution networks , store popular content – think TV episodes or movies on Amazon, Netflix or Disney+ – at data centers around the globe so users can access them more efficiently. So net disruptions can disrupt consumers' ability to stream content.
We have implemented a fix for this issue, and based on current observations, the service is resuming normal operations. We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated.That came after an earlier post that"Akamai is experiencing a service disruption. We are actively investigating and will provide an update in 30 minutes."
We are continuing to monitor the situation and can confirm this was not a result of a cyberattack on the Akamai platform.Soon after Akamai issued its update, ThousandEyes posted its analysis of the situation."Though brief, the scope of the outage impacted many sites and applications ranging from gaming sites to major banks, airlines and more that leverage the Akamai CDN service," the cloud intelligence firm said.