Major banks, airlines hit in new global online outage

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An hour-long blackout hit a number of US airlines and several Australian financial firms as well as other companies dotted around the world.

Most of Australia's major financial firms reported customers could not access websites and mobile apps for a period on Thursday.SYDNEY - Major banks and airlines were among businesses hit by a fresh global online outage on Thursday, with the problem traced to US-based tech provider Akamai.

"We are aware of the issue and actively working to restore services as soon as possible," an Akamai spokesperson told AFP.American, Delta, United, and Southwest airlines were among those affected, while the issue appeared to be more prolonged in Australia -- where problems struck in mid-afternoon as much of the rest of the world slept.

The airline said in a statement that it"was one of many organisations to experience an outage with the Akamai content delivery system".

 

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